A supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound in terms of air speed. To date, the only SSTs to see regular service have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144.

2025年3月17日 · Concorde, the first supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane (or supersonic transport, SST), built jointly by aircraft manufacturers in Great Britain and France.

2019年3月2日 · Half a century ago, the legendary supersonic passenger airliner Concorde made its first test flight, on March 2, 1969. The Concorde 001 prototype took off from Toulouse, piloted by André Turcat,...

The supercritical wing was originally developed as part of the SST efforts in the U.S., but is now widely used on most jet aircraft. In Europe, the cooperation that allowed Concorde led to the formation of Airbus , Boeing's foremost competitor, with Aérospatiale becoming a main component of Airbus.

2017年7月28日 · Three aerospace giants responded: Seattle-based Boeing, Burbank-based Lockheed, and Los Angeles-based North American. Three jet engine contractors responded as well to the search for high performance engines to power the new transport: General Electric, Pratt and Whitney, and Curtiss-Wright.

2023年11月14日 · Like Concorde and the Tu-144, Boeing’s SST was fuel-hungry, and politicians remained cautious of its actual viability on the market. The industry began leaning towards Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet concept, which offered higher …

2023年10月14日 · The Boeing 2707 Super Sonic Transport (SST) was the United States' answer to Europe's Concorde. The manufacturer designed it to be larger, fly further, and have greater capacity than its counterpart across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Tupolev Tu-144 became the first SST to fly supersonic in 1969, and passenger service was launched in 1977. Yet, with little market for high-priced supersonic travel in the Soviet Union, operations were intermittent and brief, and ended in the early 1980s.

Overland supersonic flight is banned in the United States and Europe, and if that can’t be changed, a supersonic commercial airplane is an economic non-starter. The only surviving supersonic...

2024年4月29日 · Boeing 2707 SST, designed in the 1960s to reach Mach 3.0 to carry 250-300 passengers, is superior to the Concorde. The program was criticized for poor economics and environmental issues, leading to its cancelation in 1971.