PIA Had Ordered 2 Boeing 2707 Aircraft

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Boeing 2707
2707

Boeing illustration of a Pan American 2707-300.
Type Supersonic transport
Manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Status Cancelled
Number built 0 completed
The Boeing 2707 was developed as the first American supersonic transport (SST). After winning a competition for a government-funded contract to build an American SST, Boeing began development at its facilities in Seattle, Washington. Rising costs, the lack of a clear market, and increasing outcry over the environmental effects of the aircraft—notably sonic boom—led to its cancellation in 1971 before two prototypes had been completd

A Boeing Co. mock-up of a single aisle narrow body Pan Am B2707 cabinThe -390 would be an advanced aircraft even if it were only subsonic. It was one of the earliest wide-body designs, using a 2-3-2 row seating arrangement in a fuselage that was considerably wider than aircraft then in service. The SST mock-up included both overhead storage for smaller items with restraining nets, as well as large drop-in bins between sections of the aircraft. In the main 247-seat tourist-class cabin, the entertainment system consisted of retractable televisions placed between every sixth row in the overhead storage. In the 30-seat first-class area, every pair of seats included smaller televisions in a console between the seats. Windows were only 6" due to the high altitudes the aircraft flew at maximizing the pressure on them, but the internal pane was 12" to give an illusion of size.

Boeing predicted that if the go-ahead were given, construction of the SST prototypes would begin in early 1967 and the first flight could be made in early 1970. Production aircraft could start being built in early 1969, with the flight testing in late 1972 and certification by mid-1974.


Airline commitments
Pan American World Airways (15)
TWA (10)
American Airlines (6)
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) (2)
Northwest Airlines (4)
Braniff Airways (2)
Japan Airlines (5)
BOAC (6)
Alitalia (6)
El Al (2)
Qantas (6)
Air France (6)
Air India (3)
Eastern (3)
World Airways (3)
United Airlines (6)
Continental Airlines (3)
Canadian Pacific (3)
Trans Am (2)
Lufthansa (3)
Aer Lingus (2)
Delta (3)
Iberia (3)
KLM (3)
Aeronaves de México (2)

Comparable aircraft
Concorde
Tupolev Tu-144
Lockheed L-2000

[bravo45]

Can't remember but I have heard/read this somewhere before.

[Hamad]

Yes this IFOS are from WIKIPEDIA.
There you can find it!
Regards:

Hamad