w scientists and politicians, ushered in what was to be a new era of civilian transportation (www.pbs.org). The media around the world would call it Concordski because of its resemblance to the Concorde. The Concordski even had the swoop down nose, just like the Concorde (www.pbs.org). Unfortunately for the Americans, the Boeing 2707 had problems during flight because of its swing-wing design. Due to the problems the Americans had it was too late for them to begin a new design so they had to abandon their SST project (www.pbs.org). The Concorde was released on time and proved to be a better craft because it showed to have fewer problems during flight than the Concordski. But the end was near for SSTs.Due to the loud shockwave during a sonic boom, laws were passed in Europe and the U.S. stating that no commercial flight with a sonic boom will travel over land. Sir Hamilton explains, We had all sorts of complaints about sonic booms. We had the man who bred mink, and he complained that hed lost a large number of mink kittens because the mink tend to kill their young if their suddenly disturbed.(www.pbs.org p. 10). Not only did they create noise pollution but they created air pollution as well. Due to the great speed needed to achieve and sustain SST, a great amount of fuel was needed. And in a time where the world was just waking up to the needs of the environment, we would not allow a plane that did nothing but create a lot of pollution....
