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Boeing has already been down this path a few times.
First there was the Boeing 733 from the late 1950s. Mostly design studies.
Boeing won the SST design competition and goverment funding to morph the 733 into the Boeing 2707. It would have carried 3x the number of passengers as the Concord at faster speeds and longer range. Congress killed funding due to environmental concerns and Boeing didn't to do it on its own even though there were orders for it. The project died in the 1970s.
Boeing tried it again with the Sonic Cruiser in the late 1990s. This plane was not faster than sound, but would fly just under it at Mach .98. The project was canceled in 2002 because the airlines were not interested. Bit of a shame on that. It was a nice looking plane. Some of what was developed for that project ended up in the Dreamliner.
Unless there is some sort of huge change in thinking among the MBAs running the airlines, I don't see a new supersonic plane coming off the drawing board for the foreseeable future.
Wow Waldo you're giving me surprises man
First i learned you voted Clinton and Gore and now aviation.
Boeing has already been down this path a few times.
First there was the Boeing 733 from the late 1950s. Mostly design studies.
Boeing won the SST design competition and goverment funding to morph the 733 into the Boeing 2707. It would have carried 3x the number of passengers as the Concord at faster speeds and longer range. Congress killed funding due to environmental concerns and Boeing didn't to do it on its own even though there were orders for it. The project died in the 1970s.
Boeing tried it again with the Sonic Cruiser in the late 1990s. This plane was not faster than sound, but would fly just under it at Mach .98. The project was canceled in 2002 because the airlines were not interested. Bit of a shame on that. It was a nice looking plane. Some of what was developed for that project ended up in the Dreamliner.
Unless there is some sort of huge change in thinking among the MBAs running the airlines, I don't see a new supersonic plane coming off the drawing board for the foreseeable future.
If you think that is what I meant, I've got this bridge I want to sell....
Now don't spread this around, but it is a landmark and crosses the East River into Brooklyn.... Tell you what I'm going to do... Since you seem like a nice guy.... *LOL*
If you think that is what I meant, I've got this bridge I want to sell....
Now don't spread this around, but it is a landmark and crosses the East River into Brooklyn.... Tell you what I'm going to do... Since you seem like a nice guy.... *LOL*
Nope i got you but you can post it here i believe
Though i was banned like a day for something very minor.
Unless there is some sort of huge change in thinking among the MBAs running the airlines, I don't see a new supersonic plane coming off the drawing board for the foreseeable future.
Look which plane has the old BA Concorde flight numbers. It's an A318, the so called "baby bus", which is configured with 8 rows by 4 seats, 20" wide and 72" pitch. They take off from JFK and land at London City airport, where quick customs put you minutes from the business center in London. On return they stop at Shannon Airport in Ireland, where the plane can refuel and the passengers can get out and pass through US customs, saving them the fight at JFK. I can book a flight this week for $14K round trip.
Why should the airlines risk a small fortune on developing supersonic aircraft. They can develop custom flights with lavish luxuries and people will pay sizeable fares.
And can you believe this beauty was built just after WW2
actually yes i can, considering that the original prototype was built DURING world war two. do you know which aircraft that was, and why it was built?
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