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TomCatDriver — The Future That Wasn,t To Be
Published: 2008-09-06 07:06:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1018; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 24
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Boeing,s 2707 SST,a potentially strong and likely contender for production in the sadly cancelled US Supersonic Transport project of the 1960s. on the ramp is a Swing-Wing 2707 in subsonic configuration painted in Boeing Company "House Colors" of the 1968 era,and in flight is a possible Clipper Flying Cloud of Pan American,the intended Launch Customer.Related content
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I did see the mock-up in Florida many years ago. It was at one time a tourist attraction. When I saw it, the building was being used for something else, but I talked my way in. It was impressive. The mock-up only half of the airplane, split down the middle. I drove by a few years ago (probably 15 years ago) and it had been disassembled and its pieces were strewn about the property. I may have taken a pic. but it most likely is not very good quality and I do not know where it is.
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a shame ours didn,t make it....that 2707 would have just blown the Concorde and Tu-144 away!
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just not enough government cash to go around,between the Apollo program and that "great" war in Vietnam......
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That's for sure. The Concorde never made a profit.
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ours probably wouldn,t have either,but in the 1960s,it just never occurred to anybody that fuel prices would just skyrocket the way they did. let,s hope our next government does something to break this insane addiction to foreign oil!
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The government can help, but it is going to be private industry that makes it happen.
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all they need is Ca$h.....Lot$ of Ca$h.....gee,to think of all the good stuff we coulda done with the money that was thrown away in W,s Sandbox.....
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I hope saner heads prevail.
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you and me both...! the acts of the last 8 years should not go unpunished either...time for some strict Rule Of Law. i,and many others are so fed up with seeing those in High Places commit so many serious offenses and violations,and getting away Scot-Free....! our Constitution is NOT "just a piece of paper" and The Election IS America,and the it is very core of what we,re all about as a nation.
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so do i! same plane,just that one,s in the landing configuration,and the other is in full trim for Mach-3 flight.
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it is such a shame the 2707 and Lockheed's proposal never went into production.....they are such beasts....hopefully one day we will have SSTs again
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perhaps the SST program can be revived with hydrogen power...rising fuel costs were a contributing factor to it,s cancellation. Big Oil has had things their own way long enough....!
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hopefully, there are definately select markets that SSTs could benifit. i think that they will first come back on business oriented routes where there is sufficient demand (like maybe JFK-LHR again etc) and then move into more mainstream once larger 2707 type aircraft come in that can carry enough people to make sense......but either way, i fear it will be many years before an SST graces the skies again
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it,s all a matter of need and justification. hopefully,SST,s will be brought back by popular demand,and hopefully before i,m too old to fly one!
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nobody ever got to see one of these.....damn shame really.
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for what might have been......
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This is the sort of thing fairy tales are made of
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it didn,t have to be a fairy tale.....just needed funding.
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"No Bucks,No Buck Rogers...."
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funding=technology=staying on top....
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