By mid-1962, it was becoming clear that tentative talks earlier that year between the British Aircraft Corporation and Sud Aviation on a merger of their SST projects were more serious than originally thought.
Do polovice roku 1962 bolo jasné, že ústne konanie medzi British Aircraft Corporation a Sud Aviation na zlúčenie svojich projektov SST bolo oveľa vážnejšie, ako sa pôvodne myslelo.