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...SST DICH GEH'N (Metronome). France's Charles Aznavour sings in German-and very well...
Even at that price, at least 70 must be sold to cover development costs, and the Concorde is already lagging in the sales race. So far, a dozen carriers have taken options on 52 Concordes, including 23 by TWA, Pan Am, Continental, Eastern and American Airlines. Though the U.S. SST does not yet have a builder-Washington will decide between Boeing and Lockheed by year's end-and will not be in service until 1974, 22 airlines have plunked down $9.6 million in deposits for 96 bigger (250 passengers) and faster (1,850 m.p.h.) American supersonics...
...Next: SST. Lockheed and Boeing are still locked in lethal competition for Government approval (and subsidies) of a supersonic transport design. To the winner, that approval will be worth at least $10 billion; a decision by President Johnson is expected this year. In their lobbying efforts, Boeing people like to point out that Lockheed has never made a pure-jet commercial passenger plane; Lockheed representatives retort that Boeing has never made a supersonic plane of any sort...
...With the SST in the offing, the monster passenger plane such as the 747 is considered by some to be little more than an interim aircraft. Pan American clearly had this in mind when it specified that Boeing construct its 747 planes strong enough to be converted into cargo carriers. Actually, the 747 and the SST will likely complement each other. For passengers who want to fly a long distance in a supersonic hurry, the SST will be available at premium rates; but such will be the low operating costs of the 747 that a customer who is willing...
...SST ever replaces conventional jetliners, eight booms a day will be only a foretaste; cities will get scores of booms daily, and they will not be spared at night. It may some day be possible to design supersonic aircraft so that their booms will be less annoying and damaging, but this is by no means certain. The Federal Aviation Agency summed up by urging more study-an amber rather than a green light to the supersonic...