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The Boeing SST in its various guises seemed to be the future of civil aviation and the 747 was designed to be converted easily to cargo lifting when the 2707s arrived in the late 70s. Even Air France and BOAC planned to operate them alongside the Concordes expected to be in service some years...

Hello Just added this model to my collection. I tried to research the design and haven’t come up with an answer. It’s 25” long made out of heavy resin and brass wings. Swing wing, 4-engines, supersonic design traits. Found in Texas. As far as age I’m thinking 60’s, 70’s, or early 80’s

The SST program has always fascinated me especially with the beauty of the designs and the fact that the Concorde which was already massive was dwarfed in terms of size to the designs that the US had proposed. One thing that always piqued my curiosity though...would it have been possible for the...

Back in the 1960s Boeing was telling everyone that its Supersonic 2707 transport would be the must-have airliner for the 1970s. Some 26 airlines took out options on the plane. There is a comprehensive thread about the US designs on this site, but no illustrations of the artwork Boeing must have...

Might be of some interest cause this one is much rarer than the 1:200 Revell kit. Today got a Monogram 2707-200 sst 1:400 kit, for 9€ (!). Ok it suffered from time and mist, but still i'm quite happy having this one for only 9€... And surface details are much better on this 1:400 kit than on the...

In the very first Thnunderbirds Episode "Trapped in the Sky" the London Airport building features the letters BAOC (based on the British Airways predecessor BOAC) as a rival to the Air Terrainean company who flew the Fireflash. As a BOAC fan I always hoped to see the BAOC version. So 50 years...

The RAF wereallocated three Concordes from the so-called white tail fleet at Filton by the Callaghan Government in 1980. This surprise decision was nearly as much of a shock as the Labour Party's 1978 victory. One of the aircraft was re-painted in the distinctive colours of the Queen's Flight...

Found some interesting retrospective drawings in Vladimir Rigmant article in Krylya Rodiny backissue.

Over many years I have gathered together brochures and artwork (cards ads etc) for the Boeing SST So far I have artwork for the following: Airlift (photo of broken model from ebay) Alitalia (drawing in brochure) Braniff (image from Internet site) Continental (photo of model in brochure-meatball...

Technical Report http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/arc/cp/0815.pdf

Received this interesting pic from Scorp: Can anybody post more info about the identity of this design?

Hi Hesham, I don't think that can be called a project, as it says 'possible layout' in the picture. It's just some informed speculation on the part of the author. Starviking

Thank you dear Chuck, Anther aircraft I know it but I am asking about which specification it was designed for; it was the Heston JC.9.

American studies into a supersonic transport go back to the 1950s when various versions were proposed by Convair based on the B-58 Hustler. Things remained paper studies until John F. Kennedy moved plans ahead in July of 1961 with the formation of a presidential committee made up of members of...

US SST 1960-1971