Boom & BustForty years ago today Congress cancelled government funding for the Boeing 2707 (aka the SST — Supersonic Transport).The company almost immediately laid off more than 50% of its workforce, temporarily crippling the economy of the Pacific Northwest (though I know it didn't feel temporary). Real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren erected this sign near the aiport on Highway 99 and it became a Seattle icon:KUOW aired an interesting show on the Boeing Bust this morning — click here to listen — and click here to watch a Braniff promotional video promoting supersonic travel: "You don't have to carry a passport, because a friendly computer already knows more about you than you do."
Forty years ago today Congress cancelled government funding for the Boeing 2707 (aka the SST — Supersonic Transport).
The company almost immediately laid off more than 50% of its workforce, temporarily crippling the economy of the Pacific Northwest (though I know it didn't feel temporary). Real estate agents Bob McDonald and Jim Youngren erected this sign near the aiport on Highway 99 and it became a Seattle icon:
KUOW aired an interesting show on the Boeing Bust this morning — click here to listen — and click here to watch a Braniff promotional video promoting supersonic travel: "You don't have to carry a passport, because a friendly computer already knows more about you than you do."