Super Sonic Dad

Digging through the big box of family photos:
Here's a picture from the mid-60s, when my dad worked for Boeing. Not only that, he was there during the exciting development of the Boeing "SST" or "Super Sonic Transport". The thought of the day was that planes are getting faster and faster, so it's only reasonable that going beyond the sound barrier will be an everyday occurance by 1980, so we better get on the band wagon now. And so they did. My dad was in charge of the graphic design of the program, secret high-level plane design, and making presentations to big wig clients overseas who wanted to buy the plane. They even gave him a white lab coat that said in big letters "USA" in red and "SST" in blue.

In this picture foreign dignataries wait for a presentation to start (note easel in background) while a woman-folk waits to get coffee. This hanger was the largest building in the world, until Johnny-come-lately Kennedy Space Center came along.

My dad took the picture with his Polaroid "Land" camera. After the shot was taken, he had to pull out the exposed paper, but it in a little slightly-curved container and stick it in his armpit. That's why the container was slightly-curved. You've come a long way, baby.

Unfortunately Boeing's plane never quite got off the ground, while the French Concorde ruled the trans-sonic skies. But it turns out dad was right all along, as the Concorde is now grounded, due to it's massively expensive expensiveness. And my dad still has a cool bathrobe he got out the deal that says "USA" in red and "SST" in blue.

ps Dad, be sure to chime in if I've distorted any of the facts regarding your roll.