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Can you call it a supersonic aircraft if it hasn't broken the sound barrier yet? I assume they mean it's intended to be supersonic.


If you're building a submarine, you don't have to call it a "future submarine" until it submerges; people understand that if you say "I'm currently building a submarine," it has yet to go under water, but the thing you're building is still a submarine. I think that's generally true of not-yet-built or not-yet-used things: it's understood that if it hasn't done the thing yet, you're describing what it's going to be/do.


Probably shouldn’t put the throttle to 100% on a brand new airplane.




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