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Hypersonic Jet Aims to Hit Mach 6

Posted August 14, 2012 1:19 PM

From BBC News - Technology:

Hypersonic jet WaveRider is to undergo a test flight aiming to reach Mach 6 - more than 4,300 mph - above the Pacific Ocean.

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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#1 Re: Hypersonic Jet Aims to Hit Mach 6 08/14/2012 3:03 PM
	While reading about these attempts at hypersonic flight, I came across this bizarre story....Bee's swarm passenger plane while refueling.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9744435.stm __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#2 Re: Hypersonic Jet Aims to Hit Mach 6 08/15/2012 3:36 AM
	<...However, they lost contact with the Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) after it had separated from its rocket....> It's probably in Stinky Pete's mate's lock-up on Canvey Island by now... __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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