Soon at the airport near you...

Get a load of the Quiet Supersonic Transport (QSST) plane, from Supersonic Aerospace International. The company has finalized the design for one of the fastest passenger jets ever, designed to cut the travel time for longdistance jaunts in half. The supersonic jet is supposed to be able to fly coast to coast in an eye-opening 2 hours. The speedy bug-smasher (seen in an artist’s rendering here) was achieved
by placing Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works under contract. It’s designed to produce a sonic boom noise level of less than one-hundredth of the Concorde’s, earning the jet permission to fl y at super sonic speeds over populated areas. The QSST will travel at speeds up to Mach 1.8, should seat 12 passengers, and is aimed at government and business travelers. For a progress report, see Supersonic Aerospace’s Web site .