One major difference between the phantom trains of Forward Thrust and the SST program is that Boeing actually built a 300-foot long full-scale mockup of the speedy, futuristic aircraft.. The SST ...

To appease a reluctant Congress, ten U.S. airlines currently holding options on the SST volunteered $1,000,000 in “earnest money” for each of the 52 planes they have ordered.

The FAA's aim is to support the various supersonic aircraft (SST) currently under development in the U.S., all of which are coming up against overland noise rules that were instrumental in ...

At 148 ft., or about the length of a narrow-body MD-80 commercial aircraft, Aerion’s cabin will be laid out to comfortably hold 8 to 12 passengers and fly overland in the U.S. at speeds of Mach ...

Boom XB-1 Is Technology Demonstrator/Testbed for New “Low Boom” SST (supersonic transport). The new Boom Supersonic XB-1 test aircraft was rolled out for the first time today, Wednesday, Oct ...

Meanwhile, back in the 1960s the Soviets had jumped on the bandwagon and come up with their own design for an SST aircraft, the TU-144, basically a Concorde knock-off.

Much of the skepticism about whether the Aerion SST 12-seat business jet might ever fly was probably squashed when Boeing NeXt said this week it was making a. ... Nevada, aircraft builder.

Boeing wanted to create its own supersonic transport (SST) for America and set out to build the 2707. The plane took some cues from the Concorde jet, such as a drooping nose.

Within days of the crash, all Concorde aircraft were grounded pending an investigation. While the SST did return to the skies a year later, its days were numbered.