BOEING PLANE
Capacity Of 250
<N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright? SEATTLE. (Washington), June 8. The Boeing Company said yesterday that it had designed a new, larger supersonic transport plane capable of carrying from 250 to 300 passengers, at three times the speed of sound. Earlier Boeing designs had a passenger capacity of “more than 200.” The Boeing vice-president, Mr Maynard Pennell, said the new design uses sweep wings. The Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Boeing's competitor, uses a fixed delta wing in its design. Mr Pennell said that details would be made public later He said the response by airlines to the improved version “has been encouraging.”
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 17
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104BOEING PLANE Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31081, 9 June 1966, Page 17
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