"Ron" wrote in message
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rom: "NEMO ME IMPUNE"
Date: 11/2/2003 10:44 AM Mountain Standard Time
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Have you ever been able to make a SST?
NOPE

Of course we could have. We had the XB-70 capable of Mach 3 40 years
ago,
which in some ways could be considered an SST.

No, it was an experimental Mach 3 bomber. Not a passenger transport. (The
'T' in SST)

The SST did not happen because of not being able to, there was a lot of
public
opposition for environmental reasons.

I was always a bit sceptical whether those public objections would have been
allowed to hold sway if it had been a Boeing SST though! Especially as they
were later rescinded anyway...

The government was helping to fund it since it was so expensive, but
stopped
funding it, which killed it.

Although having massive govt orders for their military and dual-use types
has definitely helped the US plane firms.

John