First, we tour a 1/5-scale Boeing SST with adjustable-sweep wings. The wings are set to 70° sweep for supersonic cruising and 20° sweep for takeoff and landing, an important transformation ...

McKee in the capital was telling another press conference about the Boeing-General Electric decision. One reason for Johnson’s foot-dragging about the SST is political: he is having trouble with ...

The trend towards carrying more passengers at slower speeds and lower fares – which Boeing itself sparked with the 747 jumbo ...

For instance, it depicted an American SST as the first of its kind, and used a scale model of what was basically a Concorde with Boeing 747 turbofan engines attached. Other shots were completed ...