United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8541 posts, RR: 21 Posted (11 years 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 2641 times:
As you may know, Boeing is working with NASA to develop a plane that can fly from New York to London within 40 minutes. Here is the article:
2:00 a.m. Apr. 19, 2001 PDT
Imagine waking up in New York at sunrise, commuting to London for work and returning home to your spouse and kids for dinner.
It is a dream that could be one step closer to reality in about three weeks. On Wednesday, NASA announced that in early May, it will work with Boeing and Micro Craft to test their high-speed creation, the X-43 -- or Hyper-X.
"Remember, the 'X' is for experimental," NASA spokesman Jim Cast said, trying to contain some of the excitement over the new machine.
I believe that this aircraft will carry the name of Boeing. Right?
Also, I have heard that Boeing was being assigned by NASA in 1996 to look into a Second Generation of the Concorde which British Airways is interested in. However, I haven't heard much about that anymore. Will Boeing carry on with this Project?
DC-10inLB From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 140 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (11 years 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2544 times:
Before any of that supersonic stuff, Boeing intends to build the "Transonic" it will be approximately the same size as a 767 300 or 400 it will have a cunard wing up front and a large sort of delta wing in the back. It will be powered by large turbo-fan engines, unlike the Concorde. It will cruise just below Mach 1, somewhere around Mach 0.95-0.98.
Cedarjet From United Kingdom, joined exactly 13 years ago today! , 7347 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (11 years 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 2535 times:
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 52 Reply 8, posted (11 years 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2456 times:
United Airline - No. They are not. They cancelled the HSCT project in 1998 (i think that was the year) due to concerns about spiraling costs.
And PLEASE. Hyper-X is NOT a passanger plane. It is an experimental aircraft much like the X-1, X-15, etc etc. Perhaps one day we will see a hypersonic passanger aircraft - but Hyper-X is not a passanger aircraft, indeed, I am sure it will be crewless as well.
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BA From United States of America, joined May 2000, 11097 posts, RR: 68 Reply 10, posted (11 years 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2434 times:
United Airline,
This isn't what you are thinking of.
The X-43A is really a space craft, and not a super-sonic airliner like the Concorde.
Here is an artist impression of it:
It will take-off from runway and fly in the exosphere which is the outer most region of the atmosphere. The exosphere is quite close to space, so the X-43 is really more like a space craft than a conventional airliner. It will travel between Mach 7 and 10 (7 to 10 times the speed of sound).
Its main purpose will be used to transport cargo across long distances in a short period of time.
But this isn't the super-sonic airliner you were thinking of, like the Concorde.
As VirginFlyer said, the 2707, which is the SST was canceled.
The X-43 is most likely won't go past the experimental stage. It will be used for studies, that will later on lead to new high-speed aircraft.
Most, X-planes (experimental) never go into full civi or military service.
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United Airline From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 8541 posts, RR: 21 Reply 11, posted (11 years 1 week 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 2429 times:
Apart from this, I have heard that Boeing and Former MD were assigned by NASA to study the possibility of a Next Generation SST. And the plane looks similar to the Concorde. But it can carry about 300 passengers in it.
VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 52 Reply 12, posted (11 years 1 week 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 2425 times:
United Airline - How many times do you have to be told! The next generation SST (HSCT - High Speed Civil Transport) was cancelled, just like the 2707 from 30 years before had been. Once again, the reason was the fact it would simply be too expensive. There is NO Boeing SST at the moment. No 2707. No HSCT. OK?
BA - Uh, I'd still call the X-43 an aircraft. AFAIK, it relies on lift, not thrust, to keep it airborne. Its simply not an aircraft like any we have today. Also, it is purely a testbed. We may indeed find that it spawns a cargo craft, however the X-43 itself will not be doing these sort of duties.
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KevsC172 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (11 years 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2413 times:
I think the Sonic Cruiser is what they've come out of from the joing Boeing/NASA research for the time being. If you noticed, the Sonic Cruiser looks exactly like the Boeing SST project minus the sharp nose and the addition of windows.
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