In an interview in an aero mag (probably five years ago), Crossfield noted that all planes which flew signficantly above Mach 2 are in museums. This post is one of those "I just watched 'The Right Stuff' for the first time in quite a while" bump.
Oral history pilot panel focuses on X-15, shuttle
Valley Press | September 28, 2003 | Allison Gatlin
Posted on 09/28/2003 9:43:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Replica airplane crashes on takeoff
Washington Times | Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2003
Posted on 11/26/2003 10:18:52 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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NASA 'Lifting Body' pioneer Robert Dale Reed dies at 75
Bakersfield Californian | 3/21/05 | AP - San Diego
Posted on 03/21/2005 9:54:19 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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At 79, Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier
Newsday.com | 10/26/02 | AP - Edwards AFB,CA
Posted on 10/26/2002 9:48:44 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Capt. Chuck Yeager - 357th Ftr. Grp. - Aug. 27th, 2003
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Posted on 08/27/2003 12:00:44 AM PDT by SAMWolf
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YEAGER BREAKS SOUND BARRIER: October 14, 1947 [today in history]
History Channel | Oct 14, 2004 | unknown
Posted on 10/14/2004 5:47:40 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko
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Yeager flight to highlight Edwards open house, air show
Valley Press | on Sunday, March 27, 2005 | Allison Gatlin
Posted on 03/27/2005 4:55:37 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Time To Phase Out Shuttle
www.floridatoday.com | June 20, 2003 | Florida Today
Posted on 06/24/2003 4:52:42 PM PDT by jehosophat
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| Posted by Jambe On News/Activism 11/16/2004 1:59:56 PM PST · 138 replies · 3,947+ views NASA TV Live ^ | 11/16/2004 | JAMBE Live thread of 3rd and final X43-A drop. Drop scheduled approx 5:30 EST. B52 is airborne. |
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| Posted by BenLurkin On News/Activism 11/11/2004 3:43:17 PM PST · 17 replies · 424+ views Valley Press ^ | on Thursday, November 11, 2004. | Allison Gatlin EDWARDS AFB - Already holding the world speed record for an air-breathing engine, NASA's X-43A hypersonic research aircraft will aim to top itself with a flight to nearly 10 times the speed of sound next week. The unmanned aircraft's record-setting March flight to Mach 7 - about 5,000 mph - was the first flight test of a supersonic combustion ramjet - or scramjet - engine integrated with an airframe. "We set one (world record) in March, and we're going to do it again next week," said Vince Rauch, Hyper-X program manager at NASA's Langley Flight Research Center in Virginia. The... |
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| Posted by billorites On News/Activism 11/17/2004 3:06:21 AM PST · 7 replies · 460+ views Manchester Union Leader ^ | November 17, 2004 | Jim Antczak/AP LOS ANGELES - A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a record-breaking demonstration of a radical new engine technology.The 12-foot-long X-43A supersonic combustion ramjet flew at about Mach 9.6 or slightly higher, said research engineer Randy Voland, leader of the scramjet propulsion team at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.The exotic aircraft flew under its own power for about 10 seconds after separating from a booster rocket at 111,000 feet, then glided to a splash landing about 800 miles... |
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| Posted by mondoman On News/Activism 11/16/2004 3:46:21 PM PST · 33 replies · 1,072+ views BBC News ^ | 11/16/04 | BBC News Nasa flew an unmanned experimental jet on Tuesday to a speed that was in excess of nine times the speed of sound - a world record. The X-43A - a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) - was released on its test run from beneath a bomber's wing. The 3.7m-long aircraft had already set a world best for an "air breathing" jet of Mach 6.83 - nearly seven times the speed of sound - on a flight in March. Preliminary data confirming the success came through in real-time. Mach 10 is roughly 12,000km/h or 7,400mph. "This flight is a key milestone and... |
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| Posted by the_gospel_of_thomas On News/Activism 11/10/2004 9:31:28 AM PST · 67 replies · 1,699+ views WashingtonPost.com ^ | 11/10/04 | Guy Gugliotta washingtonpost.com With 'Scramjet,' NASA Shoots for Mach 10 By Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 10, 2004; Page A01 HAMPTON, Va. -- They call it a "scramjet," an engine so blindingly fast that it could carry an airplane from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., in about 20 minutes -- or even quicker. So fast it could put satellites in space. So fast it could drop a cruise missile on an enemy target, almost like shooting a rifle. Next week, NASA plans to break the aircraft speed record for the second time in 7 1/2 months by flying its... |
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Scott Crossfield doesn't let anything slow him down"I have this recurring dream," he said. "I'm in St. Louis and I'm preparing a Conestoga wagon to start the westward expansion of our great nation, but I'm forced to conform to 21st-century regulations. A big controversy erupts about what kind of fire extinguisher I should be required to carry and where it should be mounted in the wagon," he deadpanned. "We never leave."
by David A. Lombardo
June 2001
An Interview with Scott CrossfieldThe D-558-II was one of the research airplanes funded by the Navy. That is the reason that it did not have the "X" designation. It was primarily the review to look at what the transonic effects of the swept-wing would be. With it we flew some several hundred flights and wrote the book on how we could design and build modern swept-wing airplanes. It proved many of the things that we have learned since then. The D-558-II was a very productive airplane. Almost every airplane in the air today has a little bit of the D-558-II basic information--or what we learned from it--in it.
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