BOEING SONIC CRUISER TO INCLUDE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, May, 2001

Boeing again is responding to its customers' needs - this time with the Sonic Cruiser. It is clear this new airplane will change the way the world flies. The new, faster airplane will be able to provide faster service on any route. It will cruise 15- to 20-percent faster than today's airplanes.

But one question now under consideration is this: What range should the airplane be designed to fly? Today's long-range airplane can fly from 6,600 to 8,500 nautical miles (12,223 to 15,742 kilometers) at speeds between Mach 0.80 and Mach 0.85. The Longer-Range Boeing 777-200, due to enter service in 2004, will be the first airplane to open routes as far as 8,810 nautical miles (16,316 kilometers). With speeds of Mach 0.95 or higher, the new airplane proposed by...

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