On Oct 11, 2:02 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:27:13 -0700, Kingfish
wrote in om:

There'll always be a market for SSBJs

They wouldn't useful today for domestic travel. Doesn't that
significantly impact their marketability?

It sure does, but I've recently read about new nose spike technology
being tested to reduce the sonic boom. If it's successful (and can be
applied to a SSBJ) maybe the FAA might reconsider. I can see them
being successful for trans-Atlantic/Pacific use though, range
permitting.