While the Boeing 2707 is often remembered as America's Concorde, the Lockheed L-2000 was a serious contender that almost ...

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The British Airways Concorde SST makes its way alongside the Intrepid Air and Space Museum after it traveled up the Hudson River from JFK airport on November 25, 2003 in New York City Credit: Getty.

When I say American Concorde, you think of the Boeing 2707. But another design almost won the government contract, the Lockheed L-2000. It was cheaper and easier to build and had it been put into ...

“If any of Boom’s aeronautical engineers have an institutional memory, they will know that the first-generation Concorde SST died, in part, because of the ferocious opposition from residents ...

The Concorde’s development costs so far have almost quadrupled to $1.72 billion, and the price tag has risen from $ 12 million a plane to $21 million. 20th Century Sound.

The SST had a maximum cruising speed of Mach 2.7, which is faster than 2,000 miles per hour, ... While the Concorde could hold up to 128 passengers, the 2707 would have held around 300.

Boeing wanted to create its own supersonic transport (SST) for America and set out to build the 2707. The plane took some cues from the Concorde jet, such as a drooping nose.

Concorde’s first flight wouldn’t happen until March 2, 1969. This was a political victory the nation sorely needed as the United States drew closer to winning the equally supercharged space race.

Concorde by numbers 100 number of seats on BA and Air France Concordes, although it could have carried up to 128 passengers 204 length, in feet, at supersonic speed; on the ground, it was 8in shorter ...

Tower control: “Air France Concorde flight 4590 turn and hold runway 26R.” Pilot: “Roger that tower, 26 Right.” Tower moments later: “Air France 4590, you are cleared for takeoff. Good ...