Pioneering American Jet Demolishes Earlier Hypersonic Flight Record And Establishes A New Record
May 28th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): An investigational American jet has established a new record for hypersonic flight. It has flown for in excess of 3 minutes at Mach 6- an incredible six times the speed of sound. The earlier record for a hypersonic scramjet burn was only 12 seconds.
The X-51A Waverider in question was discharged from a B-52 Stratofortress off the southern California coastline on Wednesday.
Its scramjet engine speeded up the vehicle to Mach 6. It soared independently for 3 minutes and 20 seconds, before it decelerated, subsequent to which the test was annulled.
Charlie Brink, who is an X-51A program administrator with the American Air Force Research Laboratory at Ohio, stated that they are thrilled to have achieved several of the X-51A test points during its initial hypersonic assignment. Brink also declared that this is an enormously momentous technological advancement in engine technology.
Joe Vogel is Boeing’s director of hypersonics, which was responsible for the manufacture of the Waverider for the American Air Force, in collaboration with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Vogel has emphatically stated that this groundbreaking technological sophistication has established the basis for countless hypersonic uses such as scouting, aerial assaults, business transportation and admission to space.
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