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UAV X-51A WaveRider airplane breaks record in 1st flight

EAF Base, USA - Nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5

In its first flight attempt, the Boeing X-51A WaveRider yesterday successfully completed the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight in history --nearly three and a half minutes at a top speed of Mach 5. The unmanned aerial vehicle was released from a US Air Force B-52H bomber off the southern California coast around 10 am yesterday. It flew autonomously for more than 200 seconds, powered...

fra/pec - 1117704
Rome, Italy, 05/27/2010 17:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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