This commercial aircraft, is unlike anything you have ever seen. Its made from the same materials as the SR-71, and it goes fast without creating a sonic boom. In the early 2000s, Boeing needed a ...

Boeing decided to build a long-haul plane for them that would set new standards in efficiency. "In the late 1990s, Boeing was working on a design called the Sonic Cruiser," explains aviation ...

Boeing's proposed new passenger jet, the Sonic Cruiser, embodies the aircraft maker's philosophy that bigger airlines in the future could use smaller jets traveling longer distances to increase ...

In 2001, Boeing scrapped its plans for a 747 jumbo jet called the 747X, instead focusing attention on a new proposal to build a jet that would travel near the speed of sound, called the Sonic Cruiser.

Son of Sonic Cruiser The 787 concept didn't begin as a super fuel-efficient Dreamliner to be made largely of plastic composites. Bair traces the origins of the 787 to the mid 1990s, "when we knew we ...

They now wanted an aeroplane with a similar capacity to the Sonic Cruiser, minus the high speed." Boeing abandoned its initial concept, and began work on what became the 787.