Simviation Forum - Boeing's dead Sonic Cruiser

Mar 7^th, 2003 at 7:56pm

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Sad to hear the Boeing have shelved their Sonic Cruiser plans - but has any enterprising GMAX builder out there thought about designing a detailed BSC model? There's one in the early pages of the passenger jets download section, but a model a la POSKY or MelJet would be great.

Any takers? I'd do it myself, but I'm a real beginner (and hopeless to boot) on GMAX.

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Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2003 at 11:55pm

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Sad to hear the Boeing have shelved their Sonic Cruiser plans - but has any enterprising GMAX builder out there thought about designing a detailed BSC model? There's one in the early pages of the passenger jets download section, but a model a la POSKY or MelJet would be great.

Any takers? I'd do it myself, but I'm a real beginner (and hopeless to boot) on GMAX.

THEY CANCELED IT?! Sad

, sorry that i can't help, don't have the time.

still can't believe they cancled it Undecided

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Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2003 at 11:14am

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Bman1113VR wrote:
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THEY CANCELED IT?!

Yep, about two months ago. I never believed they can do it, it was too ambitious and without enough known technology. The old Concorde will be grounded soon without replacement. but for meanwhile

Long Live Concorde!

I think the old FS model is enough for a plane that never really existed.

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Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2003 at 12:55pm

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It's interesting the byproducts of flightsim. I wasn't a fan of the Sonic Cruiser until I started messing around with AI Traffic. Then, I figured out the merits. It cuts down trips in the 3-4 hour range to two or so. Really nice. It would've been a great airplane. Too bad.

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Reply #4 - Mar 10^th, 2003 at 7:19pm

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Yep, sure is a pity Boeing cancelled that project, would have been nice to see a supersonic plane replace the Concorde. But i do believe British Aerospace and some Japanese company are still planning and may be developing a new supersonic aircraft. But i dont know whether they've cancelled those plans. Anyways, there still might be hope.

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Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2003 at 6:37pm

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I am also disappointed that Boeing dropped that project. IT was partly due to the sales of the A380, which is going into production. I still can't beleive that they're going to build a double-decker airliner.

By the Way, the Sonic Cruiser was never a SuperSonic Cruiser. It was designed to go MAch .98- no sonic boom so It can fly fast over land.

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