Supersonic transports Supersonic transports The Aerion SBJ is a concept for a supersonic business jet, designed by Aerion Corporation. If produced, it would allow practical non-stop travel between Europe to North America and back within a single business day. Aerion has set a target price of $80 million (in 2004 dollars), with development costs ranging from $1.2 to $1.4 billion. Entry into service (EIS) is expected to be 2011. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aerion SBJ"
The Boeing 2707 was intended to be the first American supersonic airliner. It would have been built at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Washington, but increasing outcry over the environmental effects of the aircraft, notably sonic boom, led to its cancellation in 1971 before the two prototypes had been completed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boeing 2707"
In the late 1950s and early 1960s the Bristol Aeroplane Company studied a number of supersonic transport models as part of a large British inter-company effort funded by the government. These models eventually culminated in the Type 223, a transatlantic transport for about 100 passengers at a speed around Mach 2. At about the same time Sud Aviation in France was developing the similar Super-Caravelle design, so in November 1962 the efforts were merged to create the Concorde project. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bristol 223"
The Aérospatiale- BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. Concorde had a cruise speed of Mach 2.02 (around 2,475 km/h or 1,540 mph) and a maximum cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (18,300 metres) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the reheat-equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. It was the first civil airliner to be equipped with an analogue fly-by-wire flight control system. Commercial flights, operated by British Airways and Air France, began on January 21 1976 and ended on October 24 2003, with the last "retirement" flight on November 26 that year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Concorde"
G-BBDG (cn 202) was the first British production Concorde built. It was stored at Filton airfield from the mid-80s til 2003, when it was transported by road to the Brooklands museum in Weybridge, Surrey. ...more on Wikipedia about "G-BBDG"
The Lockheed L-2000 was Lockheed's entry into the contest to build the United States' first supersonic transport (SST). The L-2000 lost the contest to the Boeing 2707, but in the end neither was built due to increasing public anger over sonic booms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lockheed L-2000"
: For other uses of the word Skylon, see Skylon (disambiguation) ...more on Wikipedia about "Skylon"
The Super-Caravelle was a design for a supersonic transport from Sud Aviation in France. Unlike most competing designs which envisioned larger trans-atlantic aircraft and led to the likes of the Boeing 2707, the Super-Caravelle was a much smaller, shorter range design intended to replace their earlier and very successful Caravelle. Design work started in 1960 and was announced in 1961 at the Paris Air Show, but was later merged with similar work at the British Aircraft Corporation (originally the Bristol 223) to create the Concorde project in November 1962. After starting the Concorde, the Super Caravelle name was instead used on a lengthed version of the original Caravelle design, the SE-210B. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle"
Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21 was an experimental Russian- American supersonic business jet ...more on Wikipedia about "Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21"
A supersonic transport (SST) is a civil aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. As of 2005, there are no more SSTs used in regular commercial service. The only SST to see regular service was the Concorde, and the only other design built in quantity was the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978, and the Concorde's last flight was on 26 November 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Supersonic transport"
The Tupolev Tu-144 ( NATO reporting name: Charger) was a supersonic airliner constructed under management of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau headed by Alexei Tupolev (1925–2001). ...more on Wikipedia about "Tupolev Tu-144"
The Tupolev Tu-444 is a concept for a supersonic business jet, from the Russian firm, Tupolev. While the market for large supersonic airliners is weak, several firms, including Cessna, are working on supersonic business jets. Tupolev gained much experience working with supersonic transports by working on the Tu-144 'Charger'. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tupolev Tu-444"
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