Boeing Model 2707 SST
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Scope Note: Boeing Model 2707 was Boeing's design for a supersonic transport (SST) aircraft. It was developed under a government contract in the 1960s to compete with the British and French Concorde. Boeing's design for the Model 2707 kept evolving, from the 2707-100 to the 2707-200 and, eventually (in October of 1968), to the 2707-300. The two most-important versions were the "swing-wing" 2707-200, which, on 31 December 1966, won the FAA's contract to build the American SST; and the 2707-300, which appeared on 21 October 1968 and had simpler, fixed wings, making it little different from the Lockheed L-2000 that had lost to the 2707-200 in 1966.
The contract was cancelled in 1971 when the U.S. Sentate rejected further funding. The cancelled contract resulted in major layoffs at Boeing and had a severe economic impact on the city of Seattle, Washington.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jim Radcliffe Boeing Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-08-03-A
Contents of the Collection
The Jim Radcliffe Boeing Collection holds a very small amount of material related to Radcliffe's career at The Boeing Company, 1967-1969. It includes two 1967 "SST Phase II Program Schedules," numbers 1B and 1C. The schedules provide an overview of the project plan for various departments, including "Nonstructure," "Mockup," "Design." There are also eleven 35mm color slides depicting the Boeing 747 first flight at Paine Field in 1969. The images were taken by Radcliffe and show the aircraft...