Friday, 3 May 2013

X-51A Waverider hits Mach 5.1 in final flight

The accomplishment marks the longest flight for the $300 million X-51A technology demonstration program and, according to the Air Force and Boeing, the longest scramjet-powered hypersonic flight ever. (Credit: Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka) The final flight of the U.S. Air Force's X-51A Waverider program wasn't a long one, but it was long enough.
crawled from : Cnet

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