SIERRA HOTEL AERONAUTICS
Sadly, on this date in history; May 20th 1971; The Boeing SST 2707 American government-funded contract supersonic swing wing passenger airliner project was cancelled.
Had Boeing continued program development at its facilities in Seattle, Washington, the supersonic transport (SST) design was expected to be capable of reaching cruise speeds of three times the speed of sound (Mach 3), with a load of 250-300 passengers, making her very much larger, and faster than the Franco-British Concorde, and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144.
By October 1969, there were delivery positions reserved for 122 Boeing SSTs by 26 airlines, including Alitalia, Canadian Pacific Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Iberia, KLM, Northwest Airlines, and World Airways.
It was projected that SSTs would dominate the skies around the world, with inferior subsonic Boeing's 747's being only a passing intermediate fad.
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Lockheed in the Antelope Valley of Southern California is working on a new supersonic passenger jet that has a quieter sonic boom so that it can fly over land. We will have supersonic travel soon, and it will be safe to fly over land, so people can travel from New York to Los Angeles in no time.
Salute,
Tony V.