Supersonic flight to go ahead
THERE seems little doubt that a supersonic airliner will be built in Britain during the next 10 years. On the initiative of the Ministry of Supply the project has been under discussion by seven firms in the aircraft industry. Associated with them are two airline operating companies.
All the schools of design are being discussed – the plain swept wing, the delta and the curly crescent – and only an advocate for the straight, thin, equal-camber wing is missing, although this is still being studied by researchers at Farnborough. There is even fanciful talk of…
