concept rendering of design for supersonic Air Force One

When I was working on my BS degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, our senior design project was to design a supersonic business jet. It was to carry about a dozen passengers. There were 5 teams, each with a different wing configuration: straight, swept, two delta, and an ogive. Since the Concorde had a ogive wing, that team won the computer-based performance competition. Our team was assigned the swept wing, like the F-4 Phantom, and came in second.
 
A recent ASME SmartBrief linked to a FlightGlobal article about a contract to design a supersonic airplane that could one day be “Air Force One.” The company awarded the contract, Exosonic, specializes in low boom technology, so the airplane could operate near populated areas. The article has an impressive concept rendering of the current design, and I could not help but notice the wing configuration was swept! Made my day. – Dr. Tom

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