Would Allow Supersonic Flight Over U.S. A bi-partisan bill to allow civil supersonic flight, under certain conditions, over the U.S. has cleared a House committee in December. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directs the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to repeal the prohibition on overland supersonic flight, as well as to establish an interim noise-based certification standard “and repeal other regulations that hinder supersonic flight.” The law banning commercial aircraft supersonic flight over the U.S. went into effect in 1973.

Would Allow Supersonic Flight Over U.S. A bi-partisan bill to allow civil supersonic flight, under certain conditions, over the U.S. has cleared a House committee in December. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directs the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to repeal the prohibition on overland supersonic flight, as well as to establish an interim noise-based certification standard “and repeal other regulations that hinder supersonic flight.” The law banning commercial aircraft supersonic flight over the U.S. went into effect in 1973.