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X-43: NASA performed the Mach 10 flight test

Washington, USA - Despite the early delay of the experiment, it was decided to perform it anyway achieving the hoped results

Some avionics problems had led the technicians of the flight programme for the NASA’s X-43 to postpone the test aimed to reach Mach 10 (see for details AVIONEWS). Nevertheless, NASA thought it could perform the experiment anyway, solving quickly the failures previously found. The remote-controlled airplane was mounted under one of the wings of a B-52 Stratofortress, which carried it at a ceiling o...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107836
Rome, Italy, 11/17/2004 12:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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