The American SST

In The American SST, the series examined American attempts to build a supersonic airliner which began in the 1960s in response to the Anglo-French Concorde project. The furthest advanced proposal, the Boeing 2707 project, was eventually cancelled in 1971 by Congress.

A Lockheed F-104-es Starfigher volt az 50-es évek sugárhajtású gépei közül a legismertebb. Kelly Johnson tervezte, de nem ez volt Johnson első szuperszonikus vadászgépe.