Attempt at hypersonic flight fails (page 4)
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Air Force's new aircraft of the future crashed during a hypersonic test flight, hitting a speed bump in the future of creating quick flights from New York to London. The X-51A WaveRider was designed to reach Mach 6, or 3,600 mph, after being dropped from a B-52 bomber. The aircraft underwent a test on Tuesday, and was brought out off the Southern California coast to experience a few minutes of flying at hypersonic speeds. Engineers hoped the futuristic aircraft would be able to sustain speeds for up to five minutes, which would have been twice as long as the previous X-51A test craft. However, the Air Force announced on Wednesday that a faulty control fin prevented the X-51A from being able to start its "scramjet" engine, so the aircraft was lost at sea. "It is unfortunate that a problem with this subsystem caused a termination before we could light the scramjet engine," Charlie Brink of the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air
Attempt at hypersonic flight fails
POINT MUGU, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- An attempt at hypersonic flight ended Tuesday when a control fin on an unmanned scramjet-powered X-51A craft failed, the U.S. Air Force announced. ...
Wed 15 Aug 12 from UPI
Boeing’s Hypersonic Mach 6 WaveRider Jet Lost Over the Pacific During Flight Test
The US is currently conducting test flights of a new X-51A WaveRider jet that is capable of hitting a top speed of Mach 6 (4,300mph / 6,900km/h) – which would allow it to travel from London ...
Wed 15 Aug 12 from Inhabitat
Military’s Mach 5 Missile Fails, Again
A crucial test for the Air Force's experimental Mach-5 missile has ended in failure, according an insider familiar with the test. Tuesday's test is also the third time the hypersonic X-51A Waverider ...
Wed 15 Aug 12 from Wired Danger Room
Pentagon aiming for Star War-like speeds
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Pentagon's latest test of hypersonic flight has a 25-foot unmanned vehicle trying to fly for 300 seconds at more than 4,500 mph, the U.S. Air Force said. ...
Tue 14 Aug 12 from UPI
Aircraft shoots for 3,600 mph for 300 seconds
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- The Air Force plans a key test of an experimental aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound, or about 3,600 mph....
Tue 14 Aug 12 from AP
Aircraft shoots for 3,600 mph for 300 seconds, Tue 14 Aug 12 from R&D Mag
It’s Do or Die For Military’s Mach 5 Missile
On Tuesday, an Air Force B-52 bomber will take off from Edwards Air Force Base in California and fire off an experimental hypersonic missile. If all goes well for the military's flight test, ...
Mon 13 Aug 12 from Wired Danger Room
X-51A Aircraft Crashes, Fails Test
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Air Force's new aircraft of the future crashed during a hypersonic test flight, hitting a speed bump in the future of creating quick ...
Wed 15 Aug 12 from RedOrbit
Unmanned U.S. military hypersonic craft failed
A faulty control fin prevented the X-51A Waverider from starting its exotic scramjet engine and it was lost Tuesday shortly after being launched. Though data showed the right conditions ...
Wed 15 Aug 12 from R&D Mag
Boeing X-51A Hypersonic Plane Undergoing New Test Tomorrow
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The next generation of flight is undergoing a test tomorrow over the Pacific Ocean, paving the way for non-stop Paris trips in just a few ...
Mon 13 Aug 12 from RedOrbit
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