Sonic Cruiser

Jane's at Paris Airshow 2001- Sonic Cruiser details leak out

The key issue that Boeing really faces is how radical should it be in developing this new design. There are two programmes currently being assessed – a Mach 0.95/0.98 aircraft and a Mach 1.2 design.

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Boeing has refused to confirm or deny widespread industry talk that the aircraft is being tested to go even faster, which would make it a supersonic rather than sonic cruiser.

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McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed, and Boeing all feature strongly amongst the companies that have been involved in advanced aircraft studies for the USAF from the 1960s onwards. McDonnell Douglas in 1985, examined the possibility of a 305 passenger long-range aircraft, capable of speeds up to Mach 5, and powered by regenerative air turboramjet engines. The company has since been acquired by Boeing.

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Roundhill also confirmed reports that an unnamed engineer had come up with a breakthrough that helped make the jet possible. He wouldn't identify the breakthrough or even the engineer.

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Europe Hits Out At Boeing's Sonic Cruiser

The European Commission has accused the Boeing Co of risking environmental damage with its planned 'sonic cruiser', raising transatlantic tensions over how to combat climate change.

Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstroem said Boeing vice-chairman Harry Stonecipher has 'nonchalantly' neglected environmental concerns, adding that a one-hour time saving on a transatlantic flight is not worth 'a significant increase in carbon dioxide emissions'.

"Can it be true that you have brushed aside environmental concerns around new aircraft so nonchalantly?" Ms Wallstroem said in a letter to Mr Stonecipher released last Friday by the EU. "I find it hard to believe that anyone today could afford himself the luxury of a 'let's-not-think-about-tomorrow' attitude which runs diametrically opposed to the aims of sustainable development."

The European Union has clashed with the US on climate change after President George Bush rejected the Kyoto global warming treaty. At a meeting with Mr Bush last week, EU leaders said they will ratify the treaty by 2002 even without his support.

Aircraft emissions contribute about 3.5 percent of man-made gases said to cause global warming, and are expected to double over the next 10 to 15 years, Ms Wallstroem said.

Mr Stonecipher said there is 'plenty of fuel still around' and talked about an 'environmental bandwagon' in an interview with the Times of London, according to Ms Wallstroem.

The 15-nation EU and the US have also accused each other of failing to adhere to agreements limiting government help for commercial plane development.

At a meeting this month, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy responded to US questions about funding for the planned Airbus A380 'superjumbo' by asking how much support Boeing got from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to help develop the sonic cruiser.

Sonic Cruiser completes wind tunnel tests - 2001-09-17 - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

Sonic Cruiser Speed - 0.95 Mach (703 mph/1131 kph) Engines - Twin 777-class Cruising Altitude - 40,000 feet (13,000 m) Range - 9,000 nautical miles (16,668 km) Seating - 100-300 Concorde Mach 2 (1,350 mph/2,172 kph) 4 Rolls Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 (18.7 tons/17 metric tons of thrust) 60,000 feet (18,300 m) 4,067 nautical miles (6,200 km) 100 747-400 0.84 Mach (560 mph/901 kph) 4 Pratt & Whitney PW4062 (63,300 lbs/26,945 kg of thrust) 35,000 feet (10,668 m) 7,325 nautical miles (13,570 km) 416-568

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