Supersonic

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is Supersonic skies and nuclear seas. January twenty first's Engineering firsts and other groundbreaking innovations. Question one. On January twenty first, nineteen seventy six, commercial aviation crossed a new threshold when two national carriers simultaneously launched the world's first supersonic passenger service. What aircraft made this possible and which two airlines operated those inaugural flights? Question two. On January twenty first, nineteen fifty four, at Groton, Connecticut, the United States launched the first operational nuclear powered submarine, redefining underwater endurance and range.

0:52 What was the name of this pioneering vessel? Question three. Before nuclear reactors powered giant carriers and ice breakers, the United States built a showcase merchant ship to promote peaceful atomic technology. What was the name of the first American nuclear powered commercial vessel created under the Atoms for Peace program? Question four. Nearly three decades before paying passengers flew supersonic, a rocket powered research airplane shattered the sound barrier for the first time in controlled level flight. Which aircraft did, Chuck Yeager, pilot passed mak I in nineteen forty seven.

1:44 Question five, Among crude air breathing jets, which sleek black reconnaissance aircraft set a still standing world speed record, exceeding twenty one hundred and ninety MeV in nineteen seventy six. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back. Question one. Which aircraft and airlines launched supersonic passenger service on January twenty first, nineteen seventy six. Answer Concord, British Airways and Air France. British Airways flew from London to Bahrain, while Air France flew from Paris to Rio de Gennio via d car. Concord cut transoceanic travel times dramatically and became an icon of high speed civil aviation.

2:30 Question two. Name the first nuclear powered submarine launched January twenty first, nineteen fifty four. Answer USS Nautilus SSN five hundred seventy one. Christened by First Lady Maimie Eisenhower, Nautilus introduced nuclear propulsion to submarines, enabling months long submerged operations. In nineteen fifty eight, it became the first submarine to reach the North Pole under water. Question three, What was the first US nuclear powered merchant ship? Answer? NS Savannah, Launched in nineteen fifty nine. N. S. Savannah served as a technological ambassador rather than a commercial workhorse. It demonstrated the safety and potential of civilian nuclear propulsion and is now preserved as a museum ship. Question four. Which aircraft first broke the sound barrier in nineteen forty seven? Answer Bell X one. Jaeger's orange bullet shaped Bell X one, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis, reached about mock one point zero six on October fourteenth, nineteen forty seven. The X one's data laid the groundwork for high speed flight and supersonic design.

3:35 Question five. Which air breathing crewed jet holds the speed record set in nineteen seventy six Answer Lockheed SR seventy one Blackbird. The SR seventy one set an official speed record of two thousy one hundred ninety three point two miles per hour in July nineteen seventy six, and also set an altitude mark over eighty five thousand feet the same day. Its titanium structure and innovative J fifty eight engines made sustained mock three plus flight Possible. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.