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The Mach 10 X-43's flight has been postponed

Washington, USA - Avionics problems led the technicians to delay the test till next Tuesday

The reaching of the speed record in flight that NASA should have been able to achieve with a Mach 10 performance by its X-43 unmanned airplane was expected to occur yesterday (see for details AVIONEWS). Avionics problems delayed excessively instead the schedule, even leading the technicians to postpone the experiment till next Tuesday, November 23. Nevertheless, it seems that the main details of the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107730
Rome, Italy, 11/16/2004 12:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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