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A supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. To date, the only SSTs to see regular service have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 and it was last flown in 1999 by NASA.
The North American NAC-60 was the first American supersonic transport (SST) project. The development took place in the 1960s as part of a government-funded design competition to build an American SST [1] as the joint Anglo-French Concorde and the short-serviced Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 were underway.
The Next Generation Supersonic Transport is a supersonic transport (SST) being developed by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA.By comparison to the Concorde this new design is intended to carry three times as many passengers and fly roughly at the same speed (Mach 2) 1,522.4 mph (2,450.1 km/h).
A supersonic transport (SST) is a civil aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. The only supersonic civilian aircraft to ...
Concorde was designed in the 1960s when it seemed like supersonic passenger transport was going to be the next big thing. Instead, the Boeing 747 entered commercial service in 1970 .
Artist's concept of an L-2000 in Pan Am livery at altitude in full afterburner (top), and with landing gear extended. The new design was designated L-2000-1 and was 223 ft (70 m) long with a narrow-body 132 in (335.2 cm) wide fuselage to meet aerodynamic requirements, allowing for passenger seating of five abreast seating in coach and a four-abreast arrangement in first-class seating.
The Boeing 2707 was an American supersonic passenger airliner project during the 1960s. After winning a competition for a government-funded contract to build an American supersonic airliner, Boeing began development at its facilities in Seattle, Washington.
1: First human-piloted civil supersonic flight since the Concorde [1] ... Transport: 1969: Production: 20: SST. Anglo-French Convair B-58 Hustler: United States ...