The United States had grand plans to crush the Concorde with a massive man-made island airport outside Los Angeles to launch Boeing’s 300-seat Mach 2.7 supersonic jet from two 15,000-foot runways. Even before a single brick could be laid, the jet program was canceled.
byIn the late 1960s, Los Angeles nearly became home to one of the most futuristic aviation projects ever conceived: a man-made island airport in…
