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by zdean 3746 days ago
Yeah, I thought it was a horrible name in light of the fact that the last supersonic jet program was permanently grounded because of a crash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590

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That just moved things up a bit - they were already winding it down.
Was it not grounded due to Airbus ending their support agreements?