Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3143 posts, RR: 14 Posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2941 times:
Hey all,
I was browsing through the photo database, and actually came across a few cockpit pictures of the mock-up of the Boeing 2707.
So, it got me interested about the whole history of the 2707. I was reading a bit about it on different websites, and navigated over to Wikipedia, which claims that there were 115x orders for the 2707 by different airlines, among which are PanAm, Northwest, TWA, American, Braniff, United, Eastern, Delta, Continental, etc etc.
My question is....does anyone know anything about those orders for 2707?? Were they ever official, or just signed LOI's?? Or....is that all BS posted to Wikipedia??
I'd be interested to know if airlines like PanAm and NWA actually placed official orders for the 2707, because the whole Boeing SST project has always fascinated me despite never having made it past mock-ups and initial designs.
Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26910 posts, RR: 83 Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2685 times:
I'm pretty sure that, like the orders they placed for Concorde, they were just LoI's since the 2707 was still under development at the time.
Isitsafenow From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 4984 posts, RR: 26 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2619 times:
What orders were taken for the USA supersonic called the "Discard", because it was, were letters of intent to buy.
I dont remember reading about $$$ that was taked on deposit.
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Stitch From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 26910 posts, RR: 83 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 2538 times:
I would think any deposits taken would have been very small since the plane was upwards of a decade away from entering service when those orders/LoIs were placed.
Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3143 posts, RR: 14 Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2147 times:
Did any airline ever announce potential 2707 routes?? PanAm on JFK-LHR maybe in competition with BA's Concorde??
DeltaL1011man From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 8626 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2116 times:
DL ordered 12 i think is what my granddad said
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Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3143 posts, RR: 14 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2049 times:
According to Wikipedia (not the best source, I know), they only ever ordered 3x of em. Again according to Wikipedia, the largest orders were for TWA with 10x, and PanAm with 15x.
Alitalia744 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 4670 posts, RR: 45 Reply 7, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2000 times:
Yyz717 From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 15999 posts, RR: 59 Reply 8, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1977 times:
I know that for Canada, AC "committed to" or 'indicated an interest in" 6 Boeing 2707 and 4 Concorde circa 1969-70. There was even paintings of these aircraft in AC colours when the then-new Terminal 2 opened in YYZ in the early 70's.
There was at one point 74 such "commitments" for Concordes from many of the airlines mentioned above. Not sure about similar commitments for the Boeing 2707.
Panam, TWA, Ansett, Eastern.......AC next? Might be good for Canada.
Transpac787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3143 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 1930 times:
Quoting Yyz717 (Reply 8): There was at one point 74 such "commitments" for Concordes from many of the airlines mentioned above. Not sure about similar commitments for the Boeing 2707.
74 commitments from 16 airlines. At cancellation, 2707 had 115 orders from 25 airlines.
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