SST’s that look fast standing still

Two Boeing designs, reported to NASA in 1973. The “Mid Mach design” was meant to cruise at Mach 1.5; the high speed design at Mach 2.7. Even though the planes were relatively sedate by SST standards (which tended to target about Mach 3+), the designs were extremely… pointy. The reason for this was to mitigate sonic boom. Sonic boom, after all, is the reason why aircraft are not allowed to fly supersonically over the continental United States. Sonic booms, after all, are loud, un-natural noises that would bother people. What? What’s that you said? Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the sound of the cars driving past, the freight train, the gangbangers driving by their their stereos set on 11, the TV blaring downstairs and the neighbors crotchfruit screeching their heads off….