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RAW VIDEO: Record-Breaking Supersonic Jet Breaks Sound Barrier For First Time Since
Cover Media Via Msn ^ | 11/20/24 | Cover Media

Posted on 11/20/2024 9:25:00 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

Credit: Dawn Aerospace/Cover Images A rocket-powered aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time since Concorde, following a successful test flight in New Zealand. Dawn Aerospace’s MK-11 Aurora jet reached supersonic speeds, marking a milestone in the company’s mission to revolutionise daily space access and satellite launches. "This achievement signifies a major step toward operational hypersonic travel and daily space access, establishing rocket-powered aircraft as a new class of ultra-high-performance vehicles," the company said in a statement. The test flight on November 12 saw the uncrewed aircraft reach a speed of Mach 1.1 (844 mph) and climb to an altitude of 82,500 feet (15.6 miles) in 118.6 seconds.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; aircraft; aurorajet; aviation; dawnaerospace; engineering; fun; hypersonictravel; mk11; mk11aurora; newzealand; soundbarrier; space
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1 posted on 11/20/2024 9:25:00 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Uh, rocket powered?

No thanks, doubt my life insurance covers that sort of stuff, fun though it might be.


2 posted on 11/20/2024 9:29:56 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Kind of a silly and absurd claim, as we have military aircraft that can break the sound barrier routinely. But the article is so poorly written technically, I cant really figure out what their claim is. A rocket is not a jet. So what is it?


3 posted on 11/20/2024 9:31:31 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: RomanSoldier19

A better video than what PMSNBC is providing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjIlE-RZUmw

https://www.dawnaerospace.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Aerospace


4 posted on 11/20/2024 9:33:34 PM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Magnum44

It’s Down Under - New Zealanders want to show the world what they can do!


5 posted on 11/20/2024 9:36:21 PM PST by Ken522
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To: RomanSoldier19

“marking a milestone in the company’s mission to revolutionise daily space access”

i heard that the tickets will be somewhat affordable, but the junk fees are killer ...


6 posted on 11/20/2024 9:37:02 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, what a crap article. So many obviously incorrect statements in there that it’s a frustrating read if you’re trying to tease out what might be interesting news buried somewhere in there.


7 posted on 11/20/2024 9:53:14 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: doorgunner69
Oh GOODY! Spread virus even faster.
8 posted on 11/20/2024 10:07:47 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Free thinking is now a radical concept, I will not be assimilated by PC or EV group-think!)
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To: Magnum44

Jets breathe air to burn fuel. They can’t get enough air to do so over about 60,000 ft. The air they do have to push through creates drag, reducing efficency.

Rockets don’t need air. They can go above 60,000 ft. and reduce drag. A craft using rocket engines can run more efficiently.

Commercial jets fly in air that’s about 20% as thick as at sea level. That’s enough air for their turbine engines to burn the jet fuel. Up at 60,000 ft. it’d down to 7% of sea level, getting too thin.

In 2 minutes, this plane flew at 80,000 ft altitude where the air is about 3% of sea level; air resistance isn’t much. I suppose if it they’d taken it another minute and reached 120,000 ft., the air resistance would be practically zero.


9 posted on 11/20/2024 10:08:33 PM PST by Tellurian (Any cleverness from a democrat is quickly invested in deception)
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To: RomanSoldier19
"Y'all go first!'
10 posted on 11/20/2024 10:11:43 PM PST by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: Magnum44

They claim they beat the F-15 Streak Eagle time to climb record.

Of course, theirs is an unmanned little rocket plane maybe 10-12 feet long with an 18” diameter fuselage. So I wouldn’t count that.


11 posted on 11/20/2024 10:12:28 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The Concorde was rocket powered? I learn something new every day. /s


12 posted on 11/20/2024 10:31:49 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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What??? You don’t believe the Concorde was rocket powered?


13 posted on 11/20/2024 10:32:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)
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To: doorgunner69
...A rocket-powered aircraft has broken the sound barrier for the first time since Concorde...."

What idiot writes this crap? The Concorde wasn't "rocket-powered," military jets break the sound barrier every day of the week, and there were rocket-powered planes in the Ansari X-Prize competition in 2004. The Concorde was grounded in 2003.

So there's no semblance of fact in this, just a bunch of inflated words the "writer" (and I use the term advisedly) uses to try to sound important.

14 posted on 11/20/2024 10:43:55 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Tellurian
"Jets breathe air to burn fuel. They can’t get enough air to do so over about 60,000 ft...."

Try telling that to the crews of the SR-71, which most certainly was jet-powered, and which flew as high as 85,000 feet (that we know of).

15 posted on 11/20/2024 10:45:34 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: Ken522
It would be pretty hard for New Zealand to top the All Blacks Haka.

Airplanes? Nah.

16 posted on 11/20/2024 10:48:39 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Ken522
,,, this effort's getting a bit of attention -

https://www.openstar.tech/

,,, and this one started in New Zealand -

https://www.rocketlabusa.com/

17 posted on 11/20/2024 11:11:01 PM PST by shaggy eel
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To: RomanSoldier19
It's a small scale model. They were working very hard at making that video look like something it was not. What a joke. Of course something the size of a small missile could do this... with no human on board, light weight, and no payload. https://www.dawnaerospace.com/latest-news/supersonic Mk-II-Aurora-Team-at-Glentanner-Aerodrome-July-2024-12th-November-2024
18 posted on 11/20/2024 11:33:56 PM PST by Advil000
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To: Tellurian

We’re back on track where we should be. We’ve been in the Stone Age since they banned SSTs in USA during Nixon years.

Environmentalists do nothing good for humans.

Trump will get us back on track.


19 posted on 11/21/2024 1:12:22 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: Paal Gulli

It’s a hype piece meant to suck in clueless investors. Company seems to have enough business with smaller thruster engines for satellites.
Feted feat would be impressive if done by a private amateur rocket hobbyist though. As far as a “milestone’s....I guess, but they need to accomplish another 500 or so...
Should have done a Haka pre-flight, like what was done in New Zealand House of lawmakers few days ago. That would have been cool.


20 posted on 11/21/2024 2:18:41 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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