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"Scramjet" technology to travel faster than sound

Washington, USA - Prototypes and testings already made

"Hyshor II" is the name of the engine tested in March at Woomera, Southern Australia, which allows hypersonic flight based on "Scramjet" technology (Supersonic Combustion Ramject). NASA too is working on "HyperX" project, Pegasus propellor built by Orbital Science Corporation and already tested on X43As by MicroCraft (today Alliant Technosystem). In Italy a tunnel for hypersonic speed flight simulation...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 140416
Rome, Italy, 05/08/2006 18:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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