Since the first flight of the Wright Brother's flimsy wood and fabric aeroplane in 1903, man has tried to cover the most ground in the least time. With the arrival of the jet age, more men could travel faster and farther than ever. But, as man progresses, so do his needs. To fulfill the need for even more speed, engineers from two of the largest aircraft companies in the United States began designing a supersonic airliner. Each company, trying to outdo the other, offered its most advanced ideas to the Federal Aviation Agency. In January, 1967, the Boeing S.S.T. was selected as winner of the design competition. The PAN AMERICAN SUPERSONIC CLIPPER is a pencil-thin, shark-nosed leviathan. It is the world's first swing-wing transport and the longest plane in the world. Built to streak along international routes, she can carry up to 300 passengers non-stop from the east coast of the United States to the capitals of Europe. This is about a fifty percent increase in passenger load over today's average intercontinental jet transport. The PAN AM SUPERSONIC CLIPPER can fly at speeds up to 2.7 times the speed of sound or approximately 1,800 mph. The official designation of the plane is Boeing 2707 (for Mach 2.7 707). Passengers will be whisked almost effortlessly into the fantastic realm of supersonic flight formerly reserved for the most intrepid military fliers. The performance of this airliner is nearly equal to the most modern Air Force interceptors.
Model details
Scale
1:200
Release date
08/2006
Skill Level
3
Original details
Type description
supersonic transport
Power Plant
Vier, General Electric GE4 Turbojets mit 22.400 kg
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