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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by webreac on Monday October 23, 2017 @01:45AM (#15530982)
Concorde has a variable width wing.
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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by DuskStar on Monday October 23, 2017 @02:46AM (#15531171)
I think they mean variable geometry more in the line of the B-1 Lancer or F-14 Tomcat... And the answer is probably cost, complexity, reliability and weight.
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Re:Boom has orders for 76 of its future supersonic passenger... by WalterBright on Monday October 23, 2017 @04:03AM (#15531532)
All four of those.
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