Why You Never Got to Fly The American Concorde: The 2707 SST Story

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It was to fly even faster than the Concorde, at speeds approaching Mach 3. And even carry more passengers. It would have flown the distance from Los Angeles to New York in under two hours. America’s effort to build a supersonic airliner was an ambitious project spanning a decade and costing a billion in government funding. But even an army of aerospace engineers and the latest in aviation technology was not enough to get America’s Supersonic Transport (SST) off the ground.
In 1962, the British and French announced a partnership to build the world’s first supersonic airliner, the Concorde. A few months later, the Soviets also jumped into the race with SST plans of their own supersonic airliner, the Tupolev 144. As America had watched these programs transform from concepts into serious enterprises, officials began to worry about maintaining America’s lead in civil aviation.
So in 1962, President Kennedy announced that the U.S. government would help fund the development of an American supersonic transport. Manufacturers were invited to participate in a design competition. Design entries from Lockheed (L-2000) and North American Aviation (NAC-60) were reviewed. After years of evaluation, Boeing’s 2707 was selected as the winning design.
But it turns out that building an SST significantly faster and larger than the Concorde would be enormously challenging, requiring completely new aviation designs and technologies. As the 1960s wore on, the Boeing 2707 program was plagued by technical setbacks, and the program’s ambitious goals were not being met. An anti-SST movement had grown around opposition to sonic booms and other environmental concerns.
When funding for the Boeing 2707 project was canceled in 1971, foreign competition and concerns about national prestige were not enough to offset political, economic and environmental pressures. The public’s view of government programs and optimism over technology had waned. Over the course of the 1960’s, the world had changed. #SST #Boeing2707 #Airplanes
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[@MustardChannel]

Thanks for watching! Just quick note... I made a typo @ 1:47 .. it should read "Convair" not "Corvair". Good luck getting a Corvair to hit Mach 1 ;)

[@Bartonovich52]

Yes. CONsolidated Vultee AIRcraft.

[@thedesiredusername747]

A Corvair doe lol

[@thedesiredusername747]

Bartonovich52 he means the Chevrolet corvair

[@excitableboy7031]

Mustard challenge accepted. Child slaves! Bring me the midday opium and 700 pounds of jet fuel!

[@curtislin6637]

Blazdur the Ridiculously Named you mean the solid rocket boosters?

[@brianhaygood183]

The idea of flying across the country in two hours probably sounded much more interesting in a time when you didn't have to show up to the airport 2 hours early for security and lines, didn't spend an hour getting to the airport, and didn't have a 1 hour drive or worse through traffic to get to your destination from the arrival airport. In the grand scheme of things, the extra couple of hours of flight is just the nice part of the trip.

[@pmxgamingftw8286]

I don't know about you but sitting in economy from here to Europe for 9 hours I could barely wait to land. Now imagine having to endure that to Australia. I don't know how people do it haha

[@joyalpatel6000]

@@pmxgamingftw8286 ITS LITERAL PAIN. I’ve been from Brisbane to London, and Brisbane to Europe. Literal pain. + it was economy.

[@philsurtees]

@@pmxgamingftw8286 I flew from Sydney to Montreal back in the 90's and the whole trip took 27 hours. One of my flatmates flies to Austria once per month (well, he did, back in the Before Times). Just driving between our major cities is a huge deal; it's 10 hours from Sydney to either Brisbane or Melbourne. So I think we just grow up with a different idea of what constitutes a long trip. I remember watching the British show Hussle once, and people in London were complaining about an upcoming train trip to Birmingham. I thought ... it's bloody England, how far can it possibly be? Sure enough it's only a couple of hundred clicks, and less than an hour and a half by train. I know people who do that every morning and evening to commute to work in Sydney! So, yeah, it's just life for Australians...

[@danaj4778]

You know you're old when....

[@detectivepigeon5938]

@@joyalpatel6000 the Brisbane to London flight was hell cuz you knew you were gonna end up in London...

[@FastCarsNoRules220]

"Why you never got to fly the American Concorde." I never got to fly on the ordinary Concorde to begin with...

[@thomasdahl3083]

Me neither :( I do hope they will construct a new Concorde. How come people are so sensible to some booms? I wouldn't mind hearing them. On the other hand, they should manage to invent something that removes the boom. I mean for a flight from NYC to LA or to London, they could fly out to the sea before crossing the Mach 1 and then turn and accelerate to max cruising speed.

[@praeposter]

Thomas Dahl the booms broke windows because they flew over large cities. You wouldn’t tolerate that.

[@benjamincharlin6770]

France only stop using the concorde only because it was too expensive on fuel, nothing to do with the sound, the pilot would only cross the sound barrier over the ocean

[@uhh-8445]

@@thomasdahl3083 Getting rid of the boom is impossible.

[@christopherhanifan7923]

@@thomasdahl3083 Sensible? That doesn't seem to be the right word to use there. And also, there is no way to prevent a sonic boom other than keeping an aircraft subsonic. Flying out over sea, reaching Mach 1+ and then turning inland doesn't mean there would be no sonic boom. Quite the imagination, but I don't think you understand how this all works

[@ColonelMarcellus]

I remember the sonic boom on a semi-regular basis as a boy in Kentucky. I also remember seeing aircraft flying well ahead of the sound of their engines. My father explained that the jet was flying faster than sound. This was in the early 1960s. A few years later, sonic booms were absent from the skies.

[@MikeV8652]

I grew up near a U.S. military base and often heard sonic booms. My grandfather once said "I wish they'd take those things and drop them on the communists, instead of dropping them on us over here!"

[@THESLlCK]

@@MikeV8652 your grandpa sounds pretty awesome lol

[@MSFSFreeware]

No they weren't, you were just in the wrong place :¬)

[@ralphe5842]

My dog hated sonic booms

[@ralphe5842]

As Concord was a dud it was good for the US that it failed

[@dobees8183]

I remember when the space shuttles would fly in from the Pacific, over Southern CA, and land into Edwards AFB. Not only would the supersonic boom not only create that booming sound, but shake buildings with a quick jolt, similarly to a 3.0-4.0 earthquake. It always freaked people out!

[@toomanybears_]

That thing was flying 25x the speed of sound. It's sonic booms made sonic booms, literally.

[@MikeV8652]

At the time of the 2003 Columbia disaster, I lived in western Louisiana, directly under one of three shuttle glidepaths to Florida landings. I was eating breakfast and had Fox News on. They were about to cover the landing. I knew that it was on my glidepath and expected the huge sonic boom that we always got. Instead, I heard a rapid series of about 12-15 smaller booms. That meant multiple objects, so I knew what had happened. I rushed outside to see if I could see anything in the clear sky. Nothing. I rushed inside as the news was reporting that the shuttle was "overdue" at Cape Canaveral.

[@eleventy-seven]

Saw it land in Edwards. It had a double boom.

[@rewardilicious]

Humans are so weird. Basically regress in technology because idiots get freaked out. Not like they were doing it at 3AM. There's been construction going on next to my building for 2 years now and the building shakes, oh no!

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

"Operation Bongo", that's some big brain naming.

[@kishascape]

Gotta have something to put on the class action suit when you finally let those government arsewipes have it.

[@narwhalethefancy]

Just like operation "Chrome-Dome," lovely naming the US military does.

[@mr.randomperson9900]

Soldier-No sir your don’t mean…..? General- Initiate operation banana monkey

[@diobrando1764]

Fun fact, Boeing did not know how to overcome the problems of B2707 because they did not sign up for Audible's "How to build supersonic planes 101"

[@dododakowski2813]

Ju dont seyyy

[@RB747domme]

C IA gosh, is that true?

[@bandvitromania9642]

@Loli4lyf yeah SkillShare is more good!

[@thereallincolntakanashi]

C IA no, they didnt use SquareSpace. :)

[@777jones]

They didn’t sign up for “From Zero to Mach 3 in 10 days: SST design Bootcamp for iPad”.

[@thomasdillon7761]

I've experienced the sonic boom from an SR-71 overflight. It's impressive.

[@kevinb3812]

BaBoom!

[@WontSeeReplies]

Lucky

[@chrisnorman9980]

As a little kid, I was the proud owner of a battery operated metal American SST toy in Pan American livery - complete with operating swing wings and lighted engines. In good condition, these things are worth a fortune today.

[@ivand9918]

Do you still have it?

[@chrisnorman9980]

Alas, no. :/

[@ivand9918]

@@chrisnorman9980 Sad

[@chrisnorman9980]

I do, however, have a large collection of vintage post war Lionel trains and accessories- so there is that. :)

[@ivand9918]

@@chrisnorman9980 cool

[@scatcat1994]

4:54: "The 2707 would be powered by by 4 turbojets fitted with afterburners. To counter the heat they generated they were uniquely positioned under the aircraft at the rear. But this made the plane rear heavy and that meant the 2707 was able to pull fucking dank wheelies"

[@M1NETAUR]

Welcome on board of the boeing 2707, flight from .... to .... my name is ... ... the weather forecast looks good, very low chance of turbulence, we are expecting to land at .... in the next 3 hours. Please remain seated and get ready for sum dank nooners 😂

[@SofaKingShit]

God l would have loved to get drunk and do that.

[@kishascape]

Would make flared landings a lot smoother too cuz you can't accidentally slam the nose as much.

[@Johninadelaide2022]

But could it pull donuts

[@jackryan4313]

@@M1NETAUR I haven't heard "nooners" in a long time😂😂thank you for the laugh and memories😂

[@snazzy]

I never got to fly ANY supersonic. Born into this world too late. 😔

[@Thefreakyfreek]

Snazzy Labs dont wory new space race is coming

[@jimday666]

No you didn't. Supersonic jets are still a thing among recreation and tourists!

[@KrotowX]

So far supersonic flights seems available only for business and very rich tourists. Transportation tech must radically change to be available for masses. Until then it is only a dream.

[@Samlee-kz5dk]

Snazzy Labs even worse for me would’ve loved flying Concorde but again all too late and use to have to see the last one that ever flew once a week as it’s kept at my nearby airfield

[@spacekraken666]

Try a jet fighter

[@jicabe577]

The irony is that Boeing gave up and build a giant cargo ship instead... which came to be no other than the 747. Yes, a humble cargo (hence the raised cockpit). It became the most successful airliner ever.

[@MBCGRS]

The Douglas DC 3 holds that honor...

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

Actually the Boeing 737 is the most successful airliner in history.

[@winternow2242]

The 747 was in development before the 2707 was cancelled.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

@@winternow2242 Indeed, the Boeing 747 was hugely successful and the Concorde would end up being the biggest commercial failure in commercial jet aviation history. They never sold any Concordes, the 14 production aircraft were given away for 1 pound each.

[@Thomasthetankengine658]

But the 747 looks weird

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

I often did that joke saying that the 2707 was some kind of "passengers version of a F-14". Damn, the strain on the variable geometry pivots would have been quite something I guess =/

[@VisibilityFoggy]

Ehh, kinda more of a passenger version of a B-1B.

[@srthebox4946]

Now I just imagine an F14 with a cockpit stretched out to carry like 100 people

[@Perich29]

I could see Tom Cruise piloting the 2707 just like Maverick on Top Gun on F14.

[@quentagonthornton49]

​@@VisibilityFoggy More like a B-1A as the B-1B is rather slow for a supersonic aircraft at only mach 1.25 instead of the more than mach 2 of both the B-1A and Boeing 2707.

[@corporalpunishment1133]

Your animation of the folding wing 2707 is totally stunning.

[@Vasichenko]

Hello, 1960s

[@thomasneal9291]

@@Vasichenko b1 says hello... still at ya baby.

[@nikmills]

Agreed. That scene is particularly beautiful.

[@Perich29]

its just like the F 14 Tomcat fighterjet.

[@Jonah-Hosein]

I'm suprised lockheed didn't get the green light to make it considering their SR 71 Blackbird success.... And yes i do know about the blackbirds fuel issues and expensive build process. Doesn't mean that with future improvements it couldn't of been improved 👍 *thanks for the likes and comments*

[@messmeister92]

The SR-71 was incredibly complicated and expensive to build. It was also not economical. It’s one thing to develop and build a handful of these aircraft at the expense of the US government, who would also have the budget to operate them. It’s another thing when it comes to civilian aircraft and most of the costs to develop something equally capable as the SR-71 fall on their own books, and the operating costs fall on the airline.

[@gusclark1697]

But the SR 71 was flown despite a number of technical flaws that would never have been allowed to transfer to a commercial airliner. The first was that welding titanium is a dark art that still hasn't been mastered to high standards. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Every SR 71 leaked aviation fuel from every seam when it was on the ground. The seams tightened up during flight, but this would be a major concern for any passenger getting within fifty feet of a 2707. Equally, the frictional heating of the outside of the SR 71 meant that crew could lose skin and flesh just brushing against the cockpit or exposed fuselage. To prevent this happening to paying customers, the 2707 would have had to have extra layers of insulation above and beyond normal aircraft. I would love to have seen it, would love to have had it work, but time and tide were against it from the start. The miracle is that Concorde lasted so long.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@gusclark1697 Let's also not forget that a vast majority of the titanium used in the SR-71 was covertly shipped from US shell companies operating in the Soviet Union. It wouldn't have been financially feasible to build it, even if they could, and the Russians would have likely caught on if they seeked out more.

[@PradhumanRehal]

People at the time didn't even knew SR71 existed.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

@@PradhumanRehal That too.

[@F1ccTheEditor]

"Why you never got to fly the American concorde" Me who is 17 and not even with a car license: Yea why DID I not get to fly it?

[@krishshah3974]

fax

[@bbcala9719]

Really a nice looking plane. Supersonic brings other problems. Only fighter jets were allowed to break the sound barrier out at sea. When I was a kid I experienced fighters over our house full afterburner breaking sound barrier, shook the whole house. This was back in the 70's. I was scared but very impressed seeing those flames from those jets at night. Somethings like that you always remember

[@JohnSTF72]

Even in 2018, the 2707 looks very futuristic. But lots of technical challenges held it back. Nice video.

[@insertclevernamehere2506]

Looks exactly like a 'Thunderbirds' model!

[@CatraValentine]

Oh yeah, the Thunderbirds. Means were old or massive nerds, probably both! The first version, shown as preview pic, is imho even more beautiful than the Concorde. What a loss that we didn't get so see it irl.

[@Mrstreet1999]

I live in Leeds in the UK and can remember when a jet went overhead at super sonic speeds a couple of years ago, my whole house shook, at the time I thought a bomb had gone off, I can definitely see why people would complain lol

[@josipcuric8767]

I live near my country's capital city airport. I hear supersonic bangs maybe twice a year. They always take me by suprise.

[@10pinbowling]

I remember that, there was two huge bangs, i was straight on to twitter expecting to hear that a large bomb had gone off in Leeds! it was two fighter jet scrambled to intercept a passenger aircraft that had lost radio contact with the ground!!

[@SuperHaz007]

I lived in Germany for many years during the cold war when aircraft regularly broke the sound barrier above land. It was no big deal.

[@Mrstreet1999]

SuperHaz007 if it was a regular thing then that explains why you thought it was no big deal, however they are definitely super loud and wouldn’t want to experience it on a regular basis

[@Maximus20778]

V1 rocket intensifies

[@Merennulli]

A few months ago, a military jet on a test of some sort created an unauthorized sonic boom over my area. People were talking about explosions and an earthquake until we found out what it was. And it was not even close to us. I shudder to think what hell OKC went through in that test.

[@phonicwheel933]

*_@Merennulli_* Yeah, sonic boom is pretty unpleasant, especially from a big aircraft. Just imagine living near an airport or under a major flight path and having that racket going on all the time. Even SST fans, must think it's a good job that overland sonic flight is banned.

[@Windows98R]

I wish I’ve had the opportunity to fly supersonic. Concorde was (literally) on its last legs when I was born with the entire program being shutdown by 2003. My parents told me about how it wasn’t actually that uncomfortable and about flying to London in 3-4hrs.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Concorde had 20 yrs of service still to do. According to their chief Pilot. John Hutchinson. In Mileage terms, they were still only just run in.

[@deaddoll1361]

Not enough is made of the design criteria having to be "bigger and faster" than the Concorde. Had they just wanted to compete rather than seek to overshadow Concorde, the build would have been a much easier proposition.

[@samuelsouza3054]

If only building a plane like this where that simple.

[@bernardokrolo2275]

It is much easyier to spred lies abouth Concorde

[@zerocool-zerocool]

And yet they still claim they landed on the moon looool

[@Endidixknsej]

@@zerocool-zerocool oh no

[@ThatRotundGamer]

We could easily build planes like this today since technology is very greatly more advanced than it was in the 60s.

[@skypetical5763]

I can’t get over how insane your animations are

[@sherrylcallander1491]

I flew the Concorde from NY to London. Wonderful experience! I'm so glad I did,especially when they later stopped flying.

[@l21n18]

Wish I could have,

[@sky_h00k57]

Video: “But this made the plane rear heavy and this meant the 2707 needed...” Me: MCAS

[@Scazoid]

"May Crash Any Second"

[@Rob_Dingemans]

Except the difference is, in those days they were so smart to cancel the project.

[@thepotatoman2934]

737 max mode

[@algorithm1193]

Honestly, I hope they get that sorted out. It's an extremely efficient plane as well, it would allow airlines to retire older and less efficient aircraft. I've also heard from some people that it's a joy to fly.

[@joeblogh2340]

algorithm Are you talking about the sardine can MAX? I used to think the 757 was a skinny uncomfortable airplane, now they want to fly “guppies” (that’s what airline employees call 737s) all the way to Hawaii and other overseas airports! Do you enjoy being crammed in a skinny underpowered tube for 5 or more hours? And even if they give the sardine can more power, is that still what you prefer? A tiny, uncomfortable airplane with MAX power?

[@nikmills]

I flew the British Concorde in 1981 or '82. Seeing the curvature of the horizon was the most exciting thing about it. Very tiny fuselage. Two by two seats. No laying down on a three across - as luxury flights often afforded back then.

[@cancelanime1507]

LOL no the cabin was extremely cramped. I'd rather fly in a 777 three across..

[@leechjim8023]

But it was so fast, you didn't need to lay down.

[@nikmills]

@@leechjim8023 : The Sony walkman was newly invented and I had mine playing in my ears. As we taxied out I was unconsciously tapping my foot. The pretty young girl (older than me at the time, but young in retrospect) groaned and grimaced and said, "Could you please not do that, this is going to be a long flight." I moved seats soon after (the plane wasn't even half full), but I still think it was funny that she said that. A long flight from New York to London indeed! I wonder where that woman is now, in her late 60s.

[@sluggopixie11]

Never flew on one, but got to go on one at Dulles and check it out. Surprised me that the interior was so “commuter” sized like it was.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Precisely, and that was it's selling point (and the glorious food and Drink) @@leechjim8023

[@daveinthailand]

I often wondered why America tried everything to ban concord flights to US it all make sense now

[@brianhaygood183]

One of the reasons the Concorde's success was limited was due to complaints from people in France. The sonic booms across France during initial tests drew heavy complaints. As a result, the flight plan from New York to Paris, which was about 3.5 hours, involved one full hour of subsonic flight before and after reaching the Protected Points (PP) off the coast of France and off the coast of the US. There is simply no way flights from NY to LA or anywhere else over land at supersonic speeds would have been tolerated. The Oklahoma tests made that abundantly clear, as well. The only way supersonic flight over continents (except almost entirely barren parts of the USSR) would be tolerated by those on the ground would be to do it the way rockets do. Fly vertically until you are so far out of the atmosphere that no one can hear you boom. The Concorde and its potential rivals were nowhere close to that. The Concorde actually had to climb to a high altitude then dive to break the sound barrier, then could continue to climb.

[@noneone8726]

@@brianhaygood183 With overly loud landing and sonic boom being a problem, why didn't cities just build airports WAY OUTSIDE the housing areas, with a simple direct rail spur to bring people between city and airport far away? Super simple. Why not, exactly?

[@nxdiaz5916]

@@noneone8726 Because the planes were all designed to land on airport infrastructure that was already in place

[@koc988]

@@noneone8726 Well if you know anything about urban planning the always do they build them way far out but urban sprawl always finds a way

[@weasle2904]

It was because people hated sonic booms. It's not that complicated... They didn't ban the Concorde, it regularly flew from the US and Europe. If they were actually "trying everything to ban Concorde flights" then they wouldn't be flying to the US lol. It amazes me 100 people agree with your comment, people are so dumb

[@bethdenson9284]

To be honest I’d love to see the Concorde,Tu-144 and the Boeing 2707 flying together

[@TheSiprianus]

Until you have to hear those sonic boom on a daily or even hourly basis.

[@shorttimer874]

Mom worked in Boeing's wind tunnel section as an engineering aid, among other thing plotting the test results by hand. When Boeing opened up viewing of the SST mockup mom took me along. I remember it had a complete interior, It was probably pretty narrow but I was still small enough I didn't really notice, and had a lot of interior TVs. The details are gone from my memory, I don't think they were in seat backs, TV picture tubes were too big, might have been in the end of sections of the luggage bins. I also remember there was some material in the house prior to that about a multi stage intercontinental rocket powered bomber, I'd assume it was a one way trip for the crew, Dyna-Soar.

[@TheHelghast1138]

That's awesome!

[@quixbix]

james varte yeah you gotta be inside their dad that’s much better

[@shaggybreeks]

A partial mockup was in place at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle for a long time. You could take a virtual flight from coast to coast, and watch the country fly by on the TVs. Alongside the cabin mockup, there was a model of the huge bearings that were supposed to support the swing wings. They were the size of hot tubs, and were heavier than the entire payload. They were pretty much the last straw in this design fiasco.

[@findingd.b.cooper3766]

Tony Barban is your mom still alive?

[@sebby324]

I went in a British/French concord in a museum

[@Duif_RS6]

USA: Ohh thats a nice foreign plane you have there, it would be a shame if someone *_BANNED_* It

[@mickc7388]

Exactly it was jealous America that killed off the British Concord

[@litamtondy]

@@mickc7388 The Concorde was not British, but British and French. It is spelled with an E at the end.

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@litamtondy Anglo-French (English and French)

[@litamtondy]

@@scarecrow108productions7 Yeah, that's what I said...?

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@litamtondy yeah. Just for more detailed definition. Nothing big.

[@user-ox3qe4nh4l]

Your animation of the folding wing 2707 is totally stunning.. Congradulations on 100k Subs guys, well done..

[@BadassBobY]

1950s : We Will Have Flying cars in the Future The Future : *Just some Memes On Flying Cars*

[@Lachausis]

Meta

[@kishascape]

I mean there already were flying cars in the late 1900s. Just proved to be stupid and impractical and unsafe. James May flew a pretty neat one on the BBC. Car was from the 60s I berieve.

[@Lachausis]

@Mark S still too dangerous for simpletons to use.

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

@@kishascape Hmmm... The flying car from the 60's that you are mentioning is named the ConvAirCar if I'm correct

[@simabachrata9568]

Really

[@oslego]

Beautiful graphics and an engaging story. As always :) Thank you for working on this!

[@FutureNow]

There aren't many KZbin channel's editing and animation I would describe as "sexy," but this is definitely one of them. Are you using a CAD program to create 3D models?

[@Dominik_Aner]

He probably used Software like Autodesk Maya. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@rawnukles]

Yeah that shinny animation at the start blew my mind. Sexy indeed.

[@europeansovietunion7372]

Wait, they were made for the occasion ?! Some movies don't even have animations that good.

[@stevemcmillan4044]

Autodesk is kind of like bootleg opencad but any of their software comes out nice

[@partgard1]

Windows 3.14

[@wileyeyefloaty665]

I love these videos for some reason I always end up hitting one at unknown times throughout the week. Soaking up as much random info as possible I guess lol. Keep them going brother

[@theseageek]

The design was so so so futuristic... 😍😍😍

[@retrovideoquest]

My grandfather worked at the SST project at Boeing (documenting the communications system). Today is his birthday incidentally. He would be 115 years old if he were alive... Happy birthday grandpa! :)

[@erwintjia]

Your production quality man!! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@Natalie-ez1zc]

🏻

[@76driver]

I totally agree with your praise!

[@mgabrysSF]

Yup. His editing, 3D modeling, infographics, use of audio & music cues - and even his VO talents are high-quality by themselves. Combined? Astounding for a single-man effort. I mean spooky good. That's doesn't even include his research and script-editing - I mean holy cats.

[@ALXMARTIN]

God I love this Chanel, the designs, the music, YOUR VOICE.

[@chrisvesy7245]

I live in the Sacramento area with 4 Air Force bases nearby back in the 60s...I remember hearing sonic booms from F-104s & F-106s all the time...and I loved it! In the 90s we were way out in the middle of nowhere in N. Arizona and I heard some sonic booms...probably F-16s out of Luke AFB...the sound took me back to my days as a Kid mesmerized by Airplanes!😎

[@travelsonic]

Damn, 3 times the speed of sound would be 2301.807MPH, which would have made the route NY-London go from 7 hours to an hour and a half. Just imagine... :(

[@titan133760]

And imaging the enormous ticket price

[@austinduong-van6071]

not accounting for the acceleration and deceleration, but still

[@vinkhoo1]

Commercial flight that could fly about nearly the same speed as a SR-71 Blackbird? Damn...

[@Unknown-un2ky]

With a regular line,theoretically speaking, you could live in NY a work in London or vice-versa

[@onesteeltank]

@@Unknown-un2ky way to expensive though, but if you're going to another continent for a job, it must be a good one

[@bamsb90]

Gorgeous graphics and compelling subject matter! Hats off to you my friend :) Genuinely one of my favorite channels on KZbin

[@goobfilmcast4239]

Man, Mustard...this video is 6 year old ! So many style imitators now (2024). Your stuff is timeless.

[@oliverhartley760]

The quality of this video is exceptional!!!

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Wow.. The government listened to citizens once upon a time.

[@zaaz73]

What do you mean they are still listening we just don't know about it lol

[@randomuser5443]

TK 797 I just ask my phone where the nearest agent is, and remembered what my dad does

[@blaster915]

What fantasy is this?? History?? Get outta here!!

[@veryfatnom9912]

Exaggeration of once upon a time

[@infiniteammo115]

@@zaaz73 no they don't they listen to "friends"

[@melvinlow888]

Fun Fact- The Boeing 2707 almost crippled Boeing economically but was ultimately saved by an aircraft that was meant to be a stopgap. And that aircraft was the 747

[@krashd]

Another fun aviation fact is Howard Hughes used to piss in jars.

[@erojerisiz1571]

This is why 747 best waifu

[@benjaminbarrera214]

Yes, it was meant to fly passengers until the SST was ready, then become a cargo plane. The 747s have been phased out of passenger service but new ones are still being built for cargo.

[@DarkWizard83]

Ironically, that stopgap showed the real future in commercial aviation - range, not speed.

[@keithdomin5015]

Benjamin Barrera and that is a damn shame too. Everyone wants the damn 2 engine models. Sad!

[@stewiegriffin12341]

Your videos are insanely well-produced.

[@Taremioca69]

Like Jeremy Clarkson said: SPEED AND POWER

[@russelveganeucleonps4plays820]

ER - '///HO345'^

[@Fish-kz8xw]

America: Stop that program Engineer: Why? America: It causes many problems Engineer: Ok America: But I have an idea Engineer: Yes? America: Lets make a super sonic spy plane! Engineer: ... America: Would you agree? Engineer: Do you have enough funds for that? America: Yes Engineer: Aight Lets do this! *SR-71 Blackbird was born!*

[@randomuser1579]

Kek

[@dingo7055]

This. America for the regular people = Limited budget. America for killing people who are not Americans = Beyond unlimited budget and resources.

[@memc0282]

Well, the SR-71 was flying since 1964, but is quite easier build and flight a mach 3 airplane 100ft long with just a crew of two with special flying suits than a commercial plane almost three times larger and over 200 souls on board wearing regular clothes

[@denzelsmashsymptom4264]

@@dingo7055 Lmao

[@bulldozer8950]

dingo7055 well citizens didn’t like the idea of the supersonic plane.

[@CHALLNGR21]

Thanks Mustard! Greetings from México, I'm an aeronautics engineering student who really admire your animations, you allow me to watch planes I love and that other way Icould only imagine how they looked like. I've learned so much Thanks to you!

[@roddy6924]

Liked and Subscribed. Thankyou very much. Keep up the great work.

[@karito_3391]

i love this channel so much! you deserve 100+ million subs

[@Xeno1001]

I love how the animation makes the planes look so smooth and shiny.

[@zoperxplex]

What really put the nail in the coffin to the Concorde and other SST aircraft was the energy crisis of 1973. When petroleum price is quadrupled it made operating the Concorde into a highly uneconomical enterprise.

[@tsu8003]

And yet Concorde went on to be a highly profitable aircraft until it's retirement in 2003

[@binaway]

only because the operators didn't pay the full production costs. BOAC/BA purchased it's final 3 aircraft for £1 each. Making profits easier.

[@titan133760]

@@tsu8003 It was still a commercial and business failure. They were hardly making ends meet as only the rich could afford the tickets

[@benjaminbarrera214]

Wow, I have never seen anyone claim that the Concorde flights were ever profitable. We truly live in a world of fake news.

[@gv9750]

Benjamin Barrera It was ! There is a video about it on youtube, they actually made good money with it ! It retired because of the incident, and old age (30 years for an aircraft is A LOT, and the supersonic speed put huge strains on parts and fuselage ) ! Look it up !

[@quinmorrow349]

You never update, but when you do you can tell that you put a lot of work in it and you love what you do! Stay well!

[@Aatell764]

Man that opening scene got me hooked somehow the this song works very well with the idea of a nice commercial super sonic flight.

[@cubdukat]

Quasi-interesting bit of trivia: The mock-up of the Lockheed SST ended up being used to represent the doomed Maiden One SST in the TV movie "SST: Death Flight." It was used for the external flight scenes; scenes on the ground were a completely different model that had 747-style engines that miraculously disappeared.

[@pappyodanial]

Imagine how many more complaints there would have been if supersonic aircraft created hadoukens instead of sonic booms.

[@ore0690]

🤣

[@mediy0]

*Wakes up in the morning* HADOUKEN!!

[@flurry2694]

Hahaha

[@billydasquid1201]

😂😂

[@ruffleen3984]

if there is an award for best comment. I would nominate this

[@skudlugs]

Never flew on concorde but saw it a few times, was a helluva sight!

[@NexeL_NKC]

That thing... Wow is it beautiful looking. I love jets that are super sleek and pointy. It's why the Blackbird is one of my favorite aircraft.

[@simonfranc9422]

I absolutely love your channel

[@juicemeister1984]

They can make multiple SR-71 Blackbirds but not an american concorde (Talking bout the material thing. I mean they have that much titanium. Why the shortage of material tho)

[@elr2141979]

Because supersonic transport is extremely expensive that's why.

[@renyen9752]

@@elr2141979 not to mention the SR-71s aren't used for commercial travel and constantly flying in and out of large metro areas on a daily basis.

[@martinwarne7183]

Cabin has to be pressurised also passenger plane was gonna be bigger

[@nighthawkvc25a]

The 6:35 mark in the video mentioned the Boeing 2707 super sonic booms at 60,000 feet could be heard at nearly 30 miles away. The SR-71 Blackbirds usually cruised at 80,000 feet (about 15 miles altitude). To minimize the noise would mean the 2707 would have needed to fly at around 160,000 feet, which would make pressurization much more difficult since even the SR-71 pilots needed pressurized suits similar to astronauts.

[@hermask815]

“It’s a matter of national security” throws several economic considerations over board.

[@topphatt1312]

I have no idea why but that opening shot works *so absolutely perfectly* with that music.

[@donnamaria4882]

Excellent. Thank you!

[@Tedd755]

Shorter explanation: Boeing didn't like that it didn't start with a '7'.

[@botondsipos3341]

good point LMAO

[@florianwolf9380]

TeddtheTiger They could have changed that 🤣

[@andymadden8183]

The other designation was 733.

[@PlanesAndGames732]

@@andymadden8183 But it didn't end with 7

[@TheObsidianX]

Mustard seems to be specializing in making videos about mid 20th century aircraft which is a pretty interesting niche

[@ixm2unvrz]

the intro has this badass vibe I can't describe

[@rithviklal4504]

the animation is just bootiful i must say

[@WonderWorldYTC]

Congradulations on 100k Subs guys, well done.

[@nenekarya7370]

And that was 3 years ago

[@debadityasaha1684]

@@nenekarya7370 yes he is now at 900K !!!

[@chomniversefanpresident3360]

I love looking back into the past

[@o5-330]

Bruh verified comment barely over 50 likes

[@ChrisZoomER]

It would’ve been so awesome had the 2707 came out, it looks so amazing. But I’m still content with how fast conventional jumbo jets fly which is 700+ mph, after all that’s still quite fast!

[@camdenroad44]

This plane is as tall as a six-story building with a top speed of Mach 0.86. That's equivalent to 659.85 mph.

[@jasonmac8677]

We DID build one SST in the form of a bomber: The XB-70 Valkyrie. Unfortunately, that aircraft also ran into some instability problems. Then there is the B-1B Lancer which could also be converted into a passenger liner. But then again, I once lived near an Air Force training and testing range and the problems that can arise from sonic booms are real.

[@sandervanderkammen9230]

The only problem the XB-70 ran into was a F-104... the program was cancelled due to advances in ICBM technology.

[@winternow2242]

What stability problems did B-70 have? Both planes had technical issues that were probably typical for experimental aircraft that weren't in serial production. 1 of the plane was lost in a mid-air that was completely not the fault of the airplane; the survivor flew uneventfully for a few more years before being retired at WPAFB, where it flew under its own power. "Then there is the B-1B Lancer which could also be converted into a passenger liner." No it can't. It's internal volume is nowhere near enough to accommodate passengers, and its shape was dictated by the need for high-speed flight at low altitudes, where an airliner wouldn't fly, and for a reduced RCS. Also, the B-1B has a top speed well short of Mach 2, and a cruise speed even lower.

[@MrDaiseymay]

THERES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVIL AIRWORTHY CERTIFICATES. ED WHITE, (APOLLO ASTRONAUT SAID, ) CONCORDE WAS THE GREATEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING THE APOLLO PROJECT.@@sandervanderkammen9230

[@Offline_Matrix]

Props to the cameraman for going MACH 3

[@Simon-ro8nh]

The production quality of this channel is superb! Glad I found it! Real gem!

[@madam757]

Who cares about studying when mustard uploads ?!

[@joep2843]

Watching mustard is studying for engineering... at least that's what I say

[@matthewcalifana488]

It,s the mustard gas downloads that i fear !

[@1simo93521]

That intro was excellent!

[@YasirRahim]

06:04 looks like a F14 Tomcat ... A mustard video on that fighter is a must

[@Ginsoakedboy21]

That joy when you find a new and fascinating youtube channel. Love this stuff.

[@teddyboragina6437]

"cause america is land and people live under the air routes" - when you know the answer and still find the video interesting, you know it is a good video.

[@crystos-he]

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[@suspense_comix3237]

2:19 What a nice pun. Get it? "Off the ground" and an airplane "Off the ground"?

[@Helperbot-2000]

Slaps knee

[@lachlanmtb7540]

@@Helperbot-2000 😂

[@antifunnyfart]

stop.

[@suspense_comix3237]

@@antifunnyfart Why? Is it because you are jealous that people think I'm funny?

[@nintendo2581]

@@suspense_comix3237 I don’t think we needed you to tell us the joke, buddy.

[@justlucky8254]

If he has all of the models from the videos in his collection, well that is just awesome!👍

[@victorpelini5995]

Great video as always quality content 101 The English is easy to understand even for a french guy like me, thank you man, I like how unbiased your content is.

[@adventure9119]

I’m gonna create a channel called “Ketchup” just to rival you

[@Krackerlack]

I'll create a channel called "Mayonnaise" to complete the rivalry

[@ritagasper1958]

Scooty789 ill make a channel called "Relish"

[@TacoSuprize]

Ill create a channel called sandwich, just to post reaction vidoes of all your channels

[@ritagasper1958]

Rum&Coke I'll make a channel called Hot Dog to do reactions for your videos. And my friend will do one called Burger to rip off these guys

[@JackyBoiIF]

Watch me create a channel named factory

[@austinsus13194A]

all of this great content is what got mustard to 700k subs in 25 vids

[@timmteller871]

The design looks so great

[@gcopancakelauncher790]

glad i can say i’ve been subbed since you were at 8k. that’s going to mean something when you’re at 2mil

[@szaboleo0404]

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[@Basz112]

120 Here :)

[@aizen3606]

10K here

[@cmw898]

Or it will mean fuck all, like it currently does.

[@gracklefpv8811]

Here at 500

[@jackruttan3545]

My Dad took a transportation degree in Seattle in the late 50s-early 60s. He watched B-52s being taxi-tested, and walked around a painted outline of the Boeing SST. Told me about this sort of thing as I was building models of the planes. I'm sad that they never got off the ground, but I got to sit inside a Concorde, in Paris, at the air show in 1983.

[@emekaisuochi368]

Best aviation channel for me on KZbin

[@shawnwalsh5430]

I got watch Air France and Brirish Airways set down next to each other at Orlando International airport. The Concords were amazing coming in!

[@johneddy908]

When you look back on it now, that was one particular project Boeing never should have gotten. Lockheed had far more experience in building supersonic aircraft having built among other things the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft for the Air Force. The government made a big mistake.

[@benjaminbarrera214]

And North American was already flying the enormous XB-70 nuclear bomber which could cruise at Mach 3 and had a range of 3,700 miles. Boeing got the contract because...?

[@sotabaka]

b-58 passenger b-70 valkirie passenger lockheed was a bigger concord clone boeing sst had a design much similar to the TFX entry ... similar to GD F-111 and the future B1 lancer note than the B1 is the sucessor to B70 since NAA changed its name to Rockwell in 1967

[@robertharris6092]

@@benjaminbarrera214 the difference is the govt is willing to pay more. you need to be economical with an passanger jet. a jet meant to drop a nuclear bomb is something the govt doesn't spare an expense on. hence the xb-70 costing $750,000,000. the f-22 costing $150,000,000. And the B-2 costing $737,000,000 (in 1997 dollars) and costing a fuckton to develop at $44,750,000,000 to develop. (the xb-52 only costing $1,500,000,000 to develop).

[@duecomicsans9145]

Another thing they could of don was use the blackbird and make it a commercial aircraft

[@barrierodliffe4155]

@@duecomicsans9145 How would such an overpriced aircraft work since it even leaked fuel and had to be refueled in the air after take off, the crew had to wear special suits and out of 32 made, 12 were lost in accidents.

[@hetznaz7902]

Got to see the nose/cockpit of this beast recently, and damn is it cool looking (Boeing museum of flight restoration center)

[@slow330xi3]

Hetznaz nicee man 👍🏽

[@CockatooDude]

It's huge isn't it.

[@whatthedeuce47d68]

There was, and might still be, an operational Concorde in Barbados that you can visit and sit in(in 2015 at least). It's in a museum piece that's housed in a hanger that was apparently still being maintained electronically so that were it ever to be allowed back into use then it would take minimal commissioning tests of its engines to achieve... Not sure if BA is still funding this aspect however.

[@brosrsly.bruhwhy]

WW2: Our battle is the deadliest. Supersonic war: Our battle is the most expensive.

[@awizor]

5th gen fighter: Hold my beer.

[@FutureNow]

This is fascinating. The last video I made is about the future of supersonic commercial flight, and many of the companies working on "the new Concorde" are based in the United States. So we may still get the chance!

[@jacobgault5491]

FutureNow my understanding was that supersonic booms only happened when entering mach speeds then after that it would be smooth flying. Why does it happen multiple times?

[@FutureNow]

The boom is not just when entering supersonic speed. I explain it in my video, but it essentially leaves a carpet of booms in its path. On the ground we just experience it as a singular (or more accuarely two) sonic booms, because that's when it has reached us. A sonic boom is actually caused by a change in air pressure, which happens continuously as long as the plane is flying supersonically. Also this boom is not perceptible to those on the actual plane, since the plane is flying faster than the sound.

[@PrograError]

imagine the SST is a ship or water vessel, the boom is the wake, and you are a lighthouse at "X" spot. say the vessel is at A spot travelling towards B spot, each about 10 m away from X. the wake only hits "X" only one time but the wake kept going and keep hitting another X downstream. a sonic boom is basically that, where air acts like water where the sound travels like wakes in calm water

[@stepford_express279]

FutureNow watched ur um supersonic video

[@HuntingTarg]

Dank Mouse Pretty much all of the above have the right idea; the sonic 'boom' is what a stationary observer experiences. The cause of the experience is a cone-shaped pressure wave (or pair of waves) that propagate(s) from the nose and/or wings of the aircraft as it travels at bullet speeds. This cone strikes the ground continuously behind the passing aircraft.

[@jaynegus4526]

I can personally relate to the anti sonic boom movement that fought super-sonic aircraft operations over the continental U.S. during the 60's/ early 70's. There is a you tube video - "Tall man 55" - It details USAF practice runs to attack enemy targets. These practice runs used B-58 aircraft to simulate attacks on greenfield MA. My grandparents lived in CT. and the sonic booms from these practice runs shattered windows of their home from these activities. It is a shock to hear a sonic boom on a clear day- you do not expect it and it does do damage.

[@cripto1366]

Truth Army How about you fuck outta here with your boot licking bullshit. Perhaps you would've fit in with the Soviets who put national prestige over human rights and the enviornment.

[@datboi_gee]

I've lived a couple of miles from a prominent U.S. air force base for about two decades. I've also had friends who lived literally RIGHT NEXT to operational railroad tracks. I mean 50 yards away maximum. Needless to say it's uncommon to see less than a few jets fly overhead per day. And every year air traffic really picks up when they're practicing for the annual air show. I mention all of this because, believe it or not, human beings eventually adapt to daily stimuli. I don't even notice jets. Haven't for years. And my buddies who live right on the train tracks say the same thing about the daily train commutes. They eventually grow to block the trains out. So the temporary minor annoyances are just that -- temporary. Beyond that, we've the resources and technology to replace windows with proper shatter resistant materials. The price we'd pay is minimal when considering what supersonic transportation would allow. It'd be entirely possible to wake up in NYC, fly to London for a business meeting and lunch, and be back home that evening. We've built societies on our ability to travel great distances in short amounts of time. And the psychological impact of being able to travel the world in a few hours would really impact the way in which the average citizen views the world around them. Way too many benefits for such transient nonsense to be the reason it never sees the light of day. If it's not economically viable I'd understand. But not complaints of window damage.

[@cripto1366]

@@datboi_gee Considering the experiments ended with people successfuly suing the U.S government, I'd say from a business stand point it looks like a dead end which it was since the EU would later make its own restrictions on commercial supersonic flights over the mainland.

[@datboi_gee]

@@cripto1366 oh I wasn't implying that the citizens should just "suck it up" and allow the flights to freely destroy their property. All I was suggesting was that the benefits of supersonic public transport are far reaching while the negative impacts from the testing runs are rather negligible. And that certainly doesn't mean they're entirely the citizen's burden to bear either. It'd be an absolute cakewalk for the U.S. government, airliners, and the public to work in unison to find a middle-ground where flights still occur and the damage is minimized and covered.

[@benjaminbarrera214]

I remember the sonic booms in Los Angeles when I was a kid. At home, school, driving in a car. I don't remember windows breaking but it was frightening since we didn't know if it was an earthquake or just another sonic boom. SST would have meant sonic booms day and night so these people who think they were a minor nuisance really don't know what they are talking about even though this video accurately describes the problem.

[@Sebastian-og7qv]

I absolutely love the intro

[@bosanskirambo4066]

the boys are back in town!

[@thegrumpydragon7601]

Inject me with that sweet mustard.

[@noahjackson1103]

THE GRUMPY DRAGON lol

[@SephirothRyu]

Don't inject mustard. It goes in the mouth, not the veins.

[@NDKY67]

I used to work as a hillwalking guide in South West Ireland in the 1990s, we would regularly here Concords sonic booms as she went supersonic over the Atlantic, they were loud. I couldn't imagine a supersonic jet ever working in a domestic US situation, the booms were just too loud

[@benjaminbarrera214]

I remember loud sonic booms when I was a kid. Also, I lived in Santa Barbara when the space shuttle landed in California, the sonic booms would wake me up and I'd turn on the TV to watch the landing. Now imagine people across the country being woken up every time a commercial plane flew overhead, day and night without end.

[@keithdomin5015]

Benjamin Barrera We could have built them, however, we pussied out of it.

[@dysonlewis6990]

@@benjaminbarrera214 they would only for over the ocean, not even the military can go supersonic over land without a good reason

[@l3dukas869]

Cork eh? Im here rn :D nice place I got to say.

[@benjaminbarrera214]

@DESTROYER67732 They flew high so we couldn't hear the jet, just the bang! when it went overhead.

[@avenger67]

The beautiful opening shot of the 2707 in flight makes it even more tragic we didn't get to fly on it!

[@leezinke4351]

What a beautiful plane.