Supersonic Transport From: The Washington Post | Date: May 13, 1994 | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Daniel S. Greenberg's dismal view of a new supersonic transport {op-ed, May 4} is valid only if we assume that it would utilize the 35-year-old technology embodied in Concorde. Although that technology enabled Concorde to prove that routine supersonic travel was at least feasible, it was not sufficiently mature for profitable, fuel-economical, low-noise operation at competitive fares. For that reason neither Concorde nor the contemporary efforts in this country and Russia ever led to large-scale commercial supersonic operations.

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