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- Lion Air threatens to cancel MAX order; no impact to Boeing seen December 17, 2018
- Pontifications: Airbus teams with Georgia Tech for MBSE role December 17, 2018
- Bjorn’s Corner: Pitch stability, Part 4 December 14, 2018
- Has the A380 worse economics than the 777-9 or A350-1000? December 13, 2018
- Tanker wars may be back December 10, 2018
Bjorn’s Corner: Supersonic transport revival, Part 15. Wrap-up.
November 16, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In the last 14 Corners we have discussed the challenges facing the new SuperSonic Transport (SST) projects, 50 years after the Concorde took flight. The challenges facing projects from Aerion Supersonic, Boom… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Supersonic transport revival, Part 13
November 2, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In last week’s Corner we looked deeper into the fundamentals of the Mach 1.4 engine of Aerion’s AS2 SST, the GE Affinity. Now we start looking at engines for a faster SST,… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Supersonic transport revival, Part 11
October 19, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In the last Corner we discussed the temperature challenges an SST engine faces. Now we address an even larger problem for SST engines, the takeoff and landing noise.
Bjorn’s Corner: Supersonic transport revival, Part 9
October 5, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In the last Corner we discussed the challenges an efficient inlet poses for an SST (SuperSonic Transport). Now we go to the back of the nacelle and look at the outlet.
Bjorn’s Corner: Supersonic transport revival, Part 3
August 24, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In the last Corner we discussed how supersonic wave drag can be higher than any other drag for a blunt fuselage trying to fly at supersonic speeds. If we try to fly… Read More
The Supersonic dilemma
By Bjorn Fehrm December 20, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: The Super Sonic Transport (SST) has a new spring. Aerion announced its new partner Lockheed Martin Friday and Boom got a new investor in Japan Airlines (JAL) the week before…. Read More
The Boom SST engine challenges: Summary
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The Boom SST engine problem, Part 3
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The Boom SST engine problem, Part 2
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The Boom SST engine problem
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