Word: harrisons
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...Boeing is actively studying HSCTs," says Randy Harrison, spokesperson for the Boeing HSCT program. "We first proposed supersonic transports in the 1970s, and we had to stop our program when federal funding was canceled, but we kept a few people to continue to work on the issues...
...Boeing is currently heading a U.S. industrial team that has 440 million dollars from High Speed Research (HSR) II to investigate the feasibility of an airframe and structure for the HSCT program," Harrison adds...
...goal of HSR is to investigate enabling technologies to answer eventually the ability to decide whether to proceed with the design of HSCT," Harrison says. "It must be environmentally benign and economically viable. Currently, the technological barriers are very significant...
Boeing's projected aircraft would have a baseline design carrying more than 300 passengers, as well as a range of 5800 statute miles, flying at Mach 2.4 [1775 mph] at 60,000 feet [18 kilometers] with four engines each with 50,000 pounds of thrust, according to Harrison. The Concorde currently carries 100 passengers, and has a range of 4000 statute miles flying at Mach...
...currently have no cost projections for the project, but we know that a HSCT will not fly before 2005 and we are shooting for a price in agreement with subsonic aircraft of the day," Harrison says. The most expensive subsonic aircraft flying today, Boeing's 747, costs around 150 million dollars, he said...