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05-27-2006, 13:42 PM
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I'm pretty sure the Sonic Cruiser and the 787 "Dreamliner" are completely separate projects, with completely different designs. The Sonic Cruiser was specifically designed to fly at near Mach 1 speeds, kind of a Concorde lite. IIRC, that project was canned, and they started up the Dreamliner concept, which is basically just a complete modernization of the old std airliner designs. It emphasizes fuel efficiency, use of modern materials, and lots of small improvements in design. Not really a revolutionary design, just a complete slickening up of the standard airliner. It's kind of the anti-A380.
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