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Boeing dumps plans for super jumbo
(BBC News)
March 30, 2001
Boeing will build a near supersonic flying wing after ditching plans to build a super jumbo to rival Airbus Industrie's A380 super jumbo jet.
The proposed "Sonic Cruiser" would fly just under the speed of sound, shaving an hour off coast-to-coast, about two hours off trans-Atlantic and three hours off flights to Asia from the US.
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