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From the Boeing Archives -- A rare look at the technological intrIcacies of Boeing's entry into the SST (Supersonic Transport) competition with comparable efforts by Lockheed, North American, Tupolev and the Anglo-French effort that eventually produced the Concorde. This document is essentially the SST on paper and fully fleshed out from a conceptualization, design, design for manufacturing, manufacturing and life-cycle management. Anyone doubting the introduction of hypersonic travel for select masses in our lifetime need only review this excellent descriptor and muse about what could have been...