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supersonic transport: see airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jones believed that an oblique wing supersonic transport aircraft might achieve twice the fuel economy of an airplane with conventional wings. In the conference room of JAXA's Aerospace Research Center's Aerodrom Branch, Director of the Supersonic Transport Team, Dr. The Expanding Airport (1958) is an infomercial (you could say the Eameses invented the genre) for a hideous plan to save travelers from too much walking before departure (entire boarding lounges made mobile by internal combustion engines), and The Leading Edge (1966) lobbies in favor of Boeing's god-awful - and, thank god, aborted - supersonic transport program. |
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