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  • London to New York in ONE HOUR: [etc]

    08/13/2012 8:47:50 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 17 replies
    dailymail ^ | 09:38 EST, 13 August 2012 | Mark Prigg
    It may look like a vehicle the Thunderbirds would travel in, but in fact this experimental aircraft could be the future of long haul flights. It uses a revolutionary 'scramjet' engine that allows it to travel at hypersonic speeds. Tomorrow, it will be dropped from a B52 bomber in its latest test. The craft, called the X-51A Waverider, is currently being prepared at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. Tomorrow, it will take part in a key test. Attached to a B-52 bomber's wing, it will be taken from Edwards to about 50,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean...