McDonnell Douglas High Speed Civil Transport

High Speed Civil Transport
Role Supersonic airliner
National origin United States
Manufacturer McDonnell Douglas
Status Proposed only
Number built None

The McDonnell Douglas High Speed Civil Transport was a proposed supersonic airliner design that was the subject of internal and NASA contract studies in 1996. It was envisioned at a time when the company was struggling to compete in the commercial aviation market and would ultimately never progress beyond a paper design.[1]

Design goals envisioned a 300-passenger capacity with a 5,000 nautical mile range. Projected cruise speed was between Mach 1.6 and Mach 2.4.[1]

  1. ^ a b Taylor, Michael, editor, "Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1996/97, Brassey's (UK) Ltd., London, UK, 1996, Library of Congress card number 96-37193, ISBN 1-57488-063-2, page 282.