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X-51A Waverider breaks supersonic flight record
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| May 27, 2010
| noel-mckeegan/
Posted on 06/06/2010 4:09:01 AM PDT by valkyry1
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The scramjet is not a new concept but it is fantastic to see that they got it going.
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:09:01 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
Now, what we need is an administration who sees this as a blessing, rather than a curse.
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:11:55 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
To: valkyry1
To: valkyry1
Scram Jets are nice and everything but that B52 is fantastic...
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:23:20 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: jmcenanly; Frenchtown Dan
//Now, what we need is an administration who sees this as a blessing, rather than a curse//
Well that is the question isn’t it.
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:24:51 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: Dallas59
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:27:47 AM PDT
by
BushCountry
( I spoken many wise words in jest, but no comparsion to the number of stupid words spoken in earnest)
To: Dallas59
Yes the B52 is fantastic!, and then there was the B-70.
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:28:42 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: valkyry1
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posted on
06/06/2010 4:31:40 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: valkyry1
Back in the day we thought we were going somewhere...without guilt....
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:02:40 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: valkyry1
Hopefully this leads to reduced travel times around the world that have not been improved for almost 40 years.
Of course, traveling at Mach 5 would be a thrill all its own.
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:02:43 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Dallas59
one of these crashed, the other is in a museum, but the parts for the third one just disappeared....me thinks the cia build it and is using it to launch recoverable spacecraft for space intellegence gathering...
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:12:34 AM PDT
by
joe fonebone
(They will get my Fishing Rod when they pry it from my cold dead fingers)
To: joe fonebone
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:21:08 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: joe fonebone
My grandfather let me sit in B52 cockpit way back in 65. Never forgot the salutes!
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:23:00 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: joe fonebone
It is in the Dayton Air force museum. You can get up close and touch it. The same hanger has a B52, blackbird and a B58 and many many other planes. They also have Kennedy’s plane
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:33:17 AM PDT
by
sharpee
To: valkyry1
Agree, long one of my favorites, The XB-70 was another victim of the “missle idiots” of the AF. Would have led to a fine SST as well.
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:41:06 AM PDT
by
vortec94
To: BushCountry
Great photo!
Has it been Photoshopped?
Have you proofread your tag line lately?
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posted on
06/06/2010 5:49:12 AM PDT
by
doc11355
To: doc11355
It looks Photoshopped, I didn’t do it though. I was actually looking to put a picture of a jet ski (wave running) up, but this one caught my eye.
Your the first one to catch the misspelling. Thanks.
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posted on
06/06/2010 6:03:52 AM PDT
by
BushCountry
(I spoken many wise words in jest, but no comparison to the number of stupid words spoken in earnest)
To: Erik Latranyi
“Hopefully this leads to reduced travel times around the world that have not been improved for almost 40 years.”
The eventual spin-offs could possibly lead to reduced travel times for humans but the first application will be for high-speed kinetic kill missiles.
The main issue is that you have to be flying pretty fast to light off a scramjet engine, hence the launch from a flying aircraft. It takes lots of fuel to get an airframe flying at high enough speeds to kick off the scramjet, so there are inherent problems which have to be resolved before you could have an airplane with this technology.
It’s a challenge to get any vehicle flying at those speeds, since there are issues of heat due to air friction and the guidance and control issues are monumental, too. This is a big step toward some new technologies for the future.
To: webstersII
This is a big step toward some new technologies for the future.I know we won't be going Mach 5 on United Airlines anytime soon, but the technology may help develop other technologies to increase current speeds.
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posted on
06/06/2010 6:40:33 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: valkyry1
Pretty close to a mile a second.
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