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NEXST: Australian test to be forgotten

Woomera, Australia - The scale model crashed on ground

NEXST, the futuristic supersonic jet made in Japan, need some improvement. Test carried out Saturday in the savage outback of Australia has in fact ended with the 1:10 scale of the aircraft crashing on the ground and afterwards exploding. "We have been a bit disappointed, but we'll work to carry out a new, and this time successful, experiment", said Kimio Sakata, researcher of the team working at the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 31028
Rome, Italy, 07/15/2002 14:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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