This image on the cover of the Nov. 5, 2005 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, is an artist's illustration of a proposed supersonic business jet (SSBJ) under development by Aerion Corp.

The image depicts the design in its latest configuration, following modifications made during the last 12 months. Aerion officials are confident they can bring an SSBJ by 2011, but a CEO's dream of flying faster than the speed of sound over land and sea faces serious technical and regulatory hurdles before it can become a reality. 

Read more in a feature, WIll Low-Boom Fly? on page 68. 

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