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Update On The Race To Build A Quiet Supersonic Jet

Posted by timothy on from the pocket-change dept.

RevJim writes: "Popular Science is running this story on the race to build a supersonic jet that reduces or eliminates the 'sonic boom' associated with exceeding the sound barrier. From the article: 'Gulfstream plans to start manufacturing the plane -- its so-called quiet supersonic jet, or QSJ -- by 2006.' Supersonic for the masses closer than we think? Probably not, at $80 million for a 14-passenger jet, but still cool."

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  1. Oh, Popular Science by Animats · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Wow, we could have supersonic bombers that could get to their targets faster than the B-52.

    Like the B-58 Hustler. Worked fine. Intended for delivery of nuclear weapons to USSR. Obsoleted by ICBMs. High operating costs, small bomb load.