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Hypersonic Rocket Plane Successfully Performs Second Test, Soaring Past Mach 5
Anyone who has taken a flight to the other side of the planet has realized that our pale blue dot is only small in cosmic ...
From ‘Skytanic’ to bizarre ‘blended wing’ jet – five astonishing planes of the future we could see by 2030
TECHNOLOGY is rapidly changing on the ground, in space and the sky in between. Here’s a glimpse into the not-so-distant ...
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Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar: Resembling a Small Flying Saucer, It First Flew in 1959
But not all Canadian aircraft manufacturers have always fit this mold, least of all the Avro Canada Corp. While other ...
Centennial-based Boom Technology chooses Adams County as test site for its supersonic jet engines
Boom Technology, the Colorado company working on building the next generation of supersonic jets, has chosen to develop and ...
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The supersonic start-up that could disrupt aviation with a faster, cheaper plane
One company leading this charge is Boom Supersonic. At the end of January, Colorado-based Boom successfully flew its test plane, the XB-1, at the speed of Mach 1.1 (or 1.1 times the speed of sound).