Future Then Video: Braniff Goes Supersonic
What the "future" of supersonic air travel looked like in 1975 Here at PopSci, we spend our fair share of time marveling at fantastic visions of the future. So as a result, we know better than anyone how fun it can be looking back a few decades at the visions that flew a bit too close to the sun. And that's what this new series, The Future Then Video (inspired by our magazine's back page), is all about--taking a look back at retro visions of the future and seeing how their predictions panned out. In our first episode, we're looking at an amazing promotional film that Braniff International made in 1975 to get customers excited about supersonic air travel. Braniff began operating Concorde flight between Dallas, TX and Washington, DC in 1979. These technically weren't supersonic flights, though -- because of noise pollution from sonic booms, Congress had outlawed supersonic service...