It would have been the home of America's answer to ConcordeCredit: Getty This included the Boeing 2707, America's answer to Concorde which would have flown up to 1,800 miles an hour. This would ...

Supersonic travel has always been fraught with false starts and challenges. In the 1960s, the Boeing 2707 promised a supersonic future, only to be derailed by cost overruns and regulatory hurdles.

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In 1970, the Australian airline laid down $600,000 for six Boeing 2707 jets, the United States’ idea of a competitor to Concorde. It all came to nought. Concorde built only 20 planes ...

Initially intended as a technological marvel to rival Concorde, the Anglo-French supersonic aircraft, development of Boeing 2707 faced insurmountable technical and economic challenges and was ...

Pan-Am and TWA placed at least a dozen orders for the Boeing 2707 while it was still in development. Miami-Dade County even had plans for a bespoke supersonic airport in the middle of the Everglades.

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The FAA's 1973 ban on overland supersonic flights severely discouraged any American airliner from purchasing the canceled Boeing 2707 or Concorde. Boom quietly placed several microphone arrays ...