This set off something of a wave of panic in other countries, as it was widely believed that almost all future commercial aircraft would be supersonic, and it looked like the Europeans would start off with a huge lead.
Concorde-projektet førte til en bølge af panik i andre lande, da det var den udbredte opfattelse, at næsten alle fremtidige passagerfly til kommercielt brug ville være overlydsfly, og det lod til at europæerne ville starte med et stort forspring.