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Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Fri Mar 07, 2003 7:56 pmby microlight
Sad to hear the Boeing have shelved their Sonic Cruiser plans - but has any enterprising GMAX builder out there thought about designing a detailed BSC model? There's one in the early pages of the passenger jets download section, but a model a la POSKY or MelJet would be great.
Any takers? I'd do it myself, but I'm a real beginner (and hopeless to boot) on GMAX.
Re: Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Fri Mar 07, 2003 11:55 pmby BMan1113VR
Sad to hear the Boeing have shelved their Sonic Cruiser plans - but has any enterprising GMAX builder out there thought about designing a detailed BSC model? There's one in the early pages of the passenger jets download section, but a model a la POSKY or MelJet would be great.
Any takers? I'd do it myself, but I'm a real beginner (and hopeless to boot) on GMAX.
THEY CANCELED IT?!
, sorry that i can't help, don't have the time.
still can't believe they cancled it :-/
Re: Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:14 amby Erez
Bman1113VR wrote:
THEY CANCELED IT?!
Yep, about two months ago. I never believed they can do it, it was too ambitious and without enough known technology. The old Concorde will be grounded soon without replacement. but for meanwhile [glb]Long Live Concorde![/glb]
I think the old FS model is enough for a plane that never really existed.
Re: Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:55 pmby railrunner130
It's interesting the byproducts of flightsim. I wasn't a fan of the Sonic Cruiser until I started messing around with AI Traffic. Then, I figured out the merits. It cuts down trips in the 3-4 hour range to two or so. Really nice. It would've been a great airplane. Too bad.
Re: Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Mon Mar 10, 2003 7:19 pmby Oz
Yep, sure is a pity Boeing cancelled that project, would have been nice to see a supersonic plane replace the Concorde. But i do believe British Aerospace and some Japanese company are still planning and may be developing a new supersonic aircraft. But i dont know whether they've cancelled those plans. Anyways, there still might be hope.
Re: Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser
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Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:37 pmby ReverseThrust
I am also disappointed that Boeing dropped that project. IT was partly due to the sales of the A380, which is going into production. I still can't beleive that they're going to build a double-decker airliner.
By the Way, the Sonic Cruiser was never a SuperSonic Cruiser. It was designed to go MAch .98- no sonic boom so It can fly fast over land.