US Supersonic Transport (SST) Program 1960-1971

[Triton]

Selected images from Boeing SST brochure printed in 1966 found on Airchive.
http://www.airchive.com/html/memorabilia/1/boeing-2707-sst/371

 

[Triton]

Additional selected images from Boeing SST brochure printed in 1966 found on Airchive.
http://www.airchive.com/html/memorabilia/1/boeing-2707-sst/371

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the SCAT-16A drawing;

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660008076_1966008076.pdf

 

[blackkite]

It's not B2707-300. It's Boeing HSCT.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Boeing Model-2707.

 

[Triton]

Photograph of a display case containing models of the Boeing 2707-100 SST in the livery of the defunct Eastern Airlines.

Source: http://media.photobucket.com/image/Boeing%20SST/car15/Models/DSC01499.jpg

 

[Triton]

Boeing advertisement for the Model 733-197.

Source:http://media.photobucket.com/image/boeing+sst/jmcsweeny/SSTs/Boeing733_SST.jpg?o=2

 

[Triton]

Artist's concept of the North American NAC-60.

Speed: Mach 2.65, later Mach 3 (1,750 to 2000 mph)
Length: 195 feet
Wingspan: 121 feet
Passenger capacity: 187

Source: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/jmcsweeny/SSTs/?action=view&current=SSTs005.jpg

 

[Triton]

Artist's concept (top) of a Boeing Model 733-790 SST design circa 1966.

Artist's concept (bottom) showing meal service inside a Boeing SST with a food cart suspended from an overhead trolley.

Source: Stimson, Thomas E. "Supersonic Transports--Too Fast for Comfort?" Popular Mechanics January 1966

 

[Triton]

Photographs of a SCAT-4 wind tunnel model taken in 1963 from the Life magazine archives.

Source:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=6a4e5712d006bb05&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D120

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=0b4c63bc05cbb87c&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D120

 

[Triton]

Photographs of a SCAT-15-A wind tunnel model taken in 1963 from the Life magazine archives.

Source:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=f405b5ae476e8d48&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=bc4cce0b738a3313&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1

 

[Triton]

Photographs of a SCAT-16-A wind tunnel model taken in 1963 from the Life magazine archives.

Source:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=7a4888b58604d00f&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1%26start%3D20


http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=7a4888b58604d00f&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1%26start%3D20

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=734aed6fa0d05b73&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1%26start%3D20

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=42da1753b7565e90&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1%26start%3D20

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=df6a24b99670542c&q=supersonic%20source:life&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsupersonic%2Bsource:life%26imgsz%3Dl%26imgtbs%3Dz%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbo%3D1%26start%3D20

 

[Triton]

Found on flickr:

"Braniff Babes", as they were known, are seen here modeling Pucci's 1966 uniforms on board a full-size model of the Boeing SST (supersonic transport). The SST was Boeing's answer to the Concorde, but never got off the ground.
All images and text taken from Airline: Identity, Design And Culture by Keith Lovegrove.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27032340@N00/571184569/

 

[Triton]

Federal Aviation Agency test pilot Joe Tymczyszyn displays models of Lockheed, top, and Boeing, bottom, supersonic transport planes - Publication: Los Angeles Times - July 14, 1964.
http://ptatransitauthority.blogspot.com/2009/06/supersonic-1964.html

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Boeing Model 2707-100.

 

[Triton]

Hi,

the Boeing Model 2707-100.

Sir, you are mistaken. The first painting is of the Boeing Model 733-197 and the second is of the Model 733-790.

 

[fightingirish]

Cutaway Lockheed L-2000.
Found at: http://sobchak.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/cutaway-lockheed-l-2000/

If this pic has been posted be before, please let me know via PM and I will delete this post.

 

[Antonio]

Sobchack blog is a goldmine, we should send an invitation to his webmaster to join us

 

[blackkite]

I am fascinated by her(L2000 and B2707-300) beauty forever!

 

[Orionblamblam]

Cutaway Lockheed L-2000.
Found at: http://sobchak.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/cutaway-lockheed-l-2000/

If this pic has been posted be before, please let me know via PM and I will delete this post.

Looks like it's a grayscale, slightly reduced-size version of the large format image I posted here:
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=1012

The little errors and blips are the same.

 

[Skybolt]

Yep... and other images from that Italian blog come from familiar places...... handle with care..
The drawing is the same published in Horizons Issue 5 / Second Quarter 1966, it's an L-2000-7A. The L-2000 and logo at the bottom have been added later. The original was in sepia background color.

 

[blackkite]

Hi! Comparison of SST size.
http://bbs.junyue.cn/viewthread.php?tid=60236&extra=&page=2
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/notsoniceduck/sets/72157603882808668/

 

[Triton]

Model of North American NAC-60.

Source: http://bbs.junyue.cn/viewthread.php?tid=60236&extra=&page=1

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740007600_1974007600.pdf

 

[flateric]

good find!

 

[Stargazer]

Nice! I think that other versions of the Boeing 969 can be found on this forum:

969-302B: delta-wing;
969-321: modified version of NASA's SCAT 15F;
969-404B: swing-wing

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a model for 3 Mach SST aircraft,but I can't ID it.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%200662.html

 

[Jemiba]

The description speaks of a "generalized design for a Mach 3 transport",
so I think it's not a specific type.

 

[Sundog]

GE 2707 Airframe Engine Technical Agreement

PW 2707 Airframe Engine Technical Agreement

The GE pdf is a bit tough to read, because all of the text is double imaged. Maybe someone here knows of a clean copy. There looks to be some good engine data in these. I've been doing some research, trying to find some engine decks or the most jet engine data I can find. I'm not sure this goes here. If we start digging into this more, maybe we should have a separate section for propulsion?

Anyway, enjoy.

 

[The Artist]

Here is the Air Progress (June 1967) article. I scanned the whole thing because of the art work layout.

Mike

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Nice Mike - thanks! Mark

 

[Sundog]

Douglas SST

That's what the Flight website lists it as, but it looks like a Lockheed design to me. Does anyone have any info on this?

 

[blackkite]

Beautiful drawing! It's obviously Lockheed L2000-1 SST proposed for phase ⅡA study in 1964.
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,483.270.html

 

[The Artist]

Source:
The SST Here it comes, ready or not
By Don Dwiggins, Doubleday & Co. Inc., 1968

Kelly Johnson's input on the SST and an illustration of a Continental Airlines SST. The caption is confusing on this one - citing the design as both Douglas and North American.

 

[Orionblamblam]

The caption is confusing on this one - citing the design as both Douglas and North American.

Not quite... the caption says that Douglas engineers proposed this design as a modification of the North American B-70. While the design *isn't* really a modified B-70, if it were, it would be something like Lockheed proposing, say, to put new wings and new engines with vectoring, VTOL capability on a Boeing 747.

In other words, Company A proposing to modify Company B's existing design, but without Company B really being involved. It happens.

 

[The Artist]

Thanks for the clarification. My mind was (and still is) in a bit of a fog after reading my way through this entire thread to be sure that these images had not been posted.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

Something Scott might want?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/1966-Lockheed-2000-Original-Press-Photo-/290425274388?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item439eb20014

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[Orionblamblam]

Something Scott might want?!

In this case, not really. If it were in color... *maybe.* If it was a color *painting*... definitely. If it was the actual *model*, you damned betcha.

And wow did the seller ever mangle the description *here.*
Title: "1966 Lockheed 2000 Original Press Photo"
Description: "You are bidding an original 8 x 10 press photos of B-11 Lockhead."

Mis-spelled "Lockheed," "2000" instead of "L-2000" (although the actual photo does not use the "L-2000" description, that would certainly increase the items visibility in searches), no mention of "SST" or "supersonic transport," and a spurious "B-11." I'm astonished you found it.

 

[Triton]

Press release glued to the back of the photograph.

 

[Triton]

Douglas advertisement from 1963 containing SST concept artwork.

Source:http://cgi.ebay.com/1963-Douglas-Supersonic-Jet-Concept-Sketch-2-Page-Ad-/400113166153?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d289a6749

Real or fantasy SST concepts?