Home » BBC News - Technology » technology news » VIDEO: Concordski: How the Soviet Union lost the supersonic race VIDEO: Concordski: How the Soviet Union lost the supersonic race Unknown 4:10 AM BBC News - Technology technology news The Soviet Union's hopes of winning the race to launch the first supersonic airliner was dealt a devastating blow in 1973 when their plane crashed at the Paris Air Show. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/1XNDk4f Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ StumbleUpon Digg Delicious LinkedIn Reddit Technorati