Friday, May 28, 2010

Waverider tops Mach 6 in historic test flight

Friday, May 28, 2010

An Air Force test vehicle, the X-51A Waverider, propelled by a Scramjet engine hurtled through the air at six times the speed of sound. According to reports, the craft was hypersonic for more than 3 minutes off the Southern California coast on Wednesday after being released from an airborne B-52 Stratofortress. [Air Force photo]

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