Epoch Times
| 9 months ago
Air Force's hypersonic aircraft, which was aiming to shoot across the sky at speeds faster than 3,600 miles per hour, ended in failure, military officials said on Tuesday. The X-51A Waverider lost control over the Pacific Ocean and was lost before it...
The independent
| 9 months ago
So because it worked for him, Russell Brand is persuaded that abstinence-based recovery, rather than... When Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samoutsevitch climbed on stage at the Cat... "Zero engagement ring because nobody wants...
Los Angeles Times
| 9 months ago
Hennigan A closely watched test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to travel up to 3,600 mph ended in disappointment when a part failed, causing it to plummet into the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force revealed. The unmanned X-51A WaveRider was...
New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 9 months ago
The problem with the fin was identified 16 seconds after a rocket booster on the X-51A aircraft was ignited to increase its speed in a test flight on Tuesday morning, the Air Force said on Wednesday (Thursday NZ time). Fifteen seconds later, when the...
NY Daily News
| 9 months ago
Hypersonic WaveRider plane's flight test a failure Flying on your own shockwave from London to New York on the X-51A in under an hour will have to wait, it appears. Reuters A depiction of the X-51A WaveRider in flight.The U.S. Air Force said Tuesday'...
BBC
| 9 months ago
Hypersonic jet Waverider fails Mach 6 test The Waverider's engine was supposed to have ignited four seconds after it was released The US Air Force has said an attempt to fly its hypersonic jet Waverider at Mach 6 (3,600mph; 5795km/h) failed. The...
