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X-51 Waverider ‘Scramjet’ Test Flight Fails

August 15, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A highly anticipated test flight of the X-51A Waverider scramjet ended abruptly after the experimental aircraft suffered a control failure and broke apart during an attempt to fly at six times the speed of sound. The test flight took place off [...]

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How High Do Planes Fly

June 6, 2011

Have you ever asked how high do planes fly? The answer is easy to understand when you remember how flight for aircraft works. The first thing to know is that air is a fluid just like water. So it works under the same rules. Any object that moves in a fluid is under the influence [...]

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What Will Airplanes of the Future Look Like?

March 31, 2011

Will aircraft of the future look something like this? Project NACRE (New Aircraft Concepts Research) has this wide-body aircraft in mind for future flyers, designed for long-haul flights and able to accommodate up to 750 passengers. Measuring 65 meters long, 19 meters high with a wingspan of nearly 100 meters, the maximum take-off weight of [...]

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Experimental Scramjet Aircraft Set for Test Flight

March 22, 2011

The X-51A Waverider hypersonic scramjet project is set for its second test flight today, and the U.S. Air Force hopes it will demonstrate technology that can eventually be used for more efficient transport of payloads into orbit. The craft will be carried to 15,240 meters (50,000 ft.) by a B-52 from Edwards Air Force Base [...]

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Waverider

February 9, 2011

The term waverider is used to refer to any hypersonic aircraft design that improves its lift-to-drag ratio by utilizing the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface. The only aircraft to use the technique is the XB-70 Valkyrie that is capable of Mach 3. Even though it is not in wide [...]

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