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...Concorde is the only civil supersonic aircraft that currently exists. Boeing is considering whether to build its own supersonic aircraft after extensive further research...
Boeing's projected aircraft would have a baseline design carrying more than 300 passengers, as well as a range of 5800 statute miles, flying at Mach 2.4 [1775 mph] at 60,000 feet [18 kilometers] with four engines each with 50,000 pounds of thrust, according to Harrison. The Concorde currently carries 100 passengers, and has a range of 4000 statute miles flying at Mach...
...currently have no cost projections for the project, but we know that a HSCT will not fly before 2005 and we are shooting for a price in agreement with subsonic aircraft of the day," Harrison says. The most expensive subsonic aircraft flying today, Boeing's 747, costs around 150 million dollars, he said...
...requirements for feasibility are that we have to be able to build the aircraft, which will require a great deal of new composite materials that are very different from metal alloys, [and] the price must be such that the customer can afford it," Harrison says. "[A further requirement is that] we can afford to build it so passengers in three classes can afford to pay a slight surcharge, 10 to 15 percent, above the existing subsonic fare of the day for a flight taking 50 percent of the time...
...Harrison cites problems that foreseeable technology will not be able to overcome. "The aircraft will not be able to fly over populated land masses," Harrison says, "and it must be able to operate subsonic at takeoff, too [because of noise regulations...