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The X-43 about to reach Mach 10
Washington, USA - NASA schedules to perform a new record flight on next November 16
After the success of the X-43’s test flight occurred last March, when the unmanned airplane succeeded in exceeding Mach 7 (see for details AVIONEWS), NASA decided to make the aircraft perform a new test flight, even up to Mach 10 (about 10,620 km/h). Although an intention for performing the experiment during early November existed, weather and scheduling reasons delayed the event, which should anyway o...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 106893
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency