I have nothing to say !

The TU-144 NEVER EVER had american engines in it!

I was a member of the SST test team at the Boeing High Speed Wind Tunnel near Philadelphia, Pa.

Joe is correct.

The outcry from the people in the United States crushed the United States SST program. It was okay for the Concord to use our airspace. But we could not use our own air space.

After we moved the SST out of the Wind Tunnel we began testing the STOL and VSTOL jets. There was some uproar over those aircraft.

I wonder what could've happened if the plane went into service...

it looks horribal swear it suck's for real

This larger plane would of been more profitable due to its size.

Oh my God,such a shame it wasn't build after all :-(

Hey Dan
The XB 70 Valkyrie was a North American project and it did fly! See the NA page. It is too bad we never entered this race, though I understand the Concordsky (TU144) was engineered with american engines and avionics as a cooperative experiment after glastnost. I'd like to know where that led.

Spot on, JOE.

I do think, however, if Boeing and Lockheed had partnered, they would have cornered the market on HST. Leaving from coastal cities and flying over open water, such as the Concorde did, they would have had time to further develop sonic noise suppression systems, and we'd all be flying on one today.

JMO.

The Boeing program doesn't show the B-70 which was the design around which the SST program was based. The B-70 did fly and was originally thought to be something the Air Force could use in its inventory.

Well put Joe.

I would like to respond to David's inaccurate explanation as to why the SST wasn't built. Here are the facts. The environmental resistance to the project was so intense, the U.S. government pulled supplemental funding of the SST leaving Boeing with all the financial burden. I realize a socialist like David has little or no understanding of the fact that companies must recover developmental expenses. There was the fear that Boeing could not recover these costs. There is no government compensation in the United States like there is in socialist nations like the one time Soviet Union. Instead, Boeing developed the 747 which obviously became one of the most successful jetliners in history. An aircraft that only now has been rivaled. Profit is neccessary David for companies in the free world to survive.

They didn't fly it because at that time sonic boom supression had not been thought of as a way to quiet the jet at supersonic speed.

lol change my name jetplaneguy:P

so where is the plane anyway?

lol it looks like the plane crashed then they rebuild it
:P my friend usa airforce pilot:)

It wasn't built as America has an obsession with profit, and would not take a risk. The Europeans and Russians, on the other hand, did take risks, and so the history of aviation reflects reality. Rather than wishes. Concorde could not have been bettered by the SST, particularly the smaller version. That is why Airbus 380 will be successful over the caution of the Boeing approach.

It wasn't built. A plywood/bondo mockup was built (common in the 60s-70s), last on display (ASFAIK) near Disney World in Orlando, FL.

But I agree: It should have been built, if only to use as a Presidential Transport.

Damn. If it was built, then why was it never flewn?

Build another one