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Supersonic aircraft: Twice as nice, or double the trouble?
Startups aiming to develop supersonic aircraft see a bright future, despite the high carbon intensity of their designs. But ...
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NASA's X-59 plane is aiming for a sonic thump, not a boom
Pilot James 'Clue' Less is ready to take to the skies Feature Sitting in the hangar of Lockheed Martin's famous Palmdale, ...
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NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-57 jet
When aircraft break the sound barrier, they produce shock waves that reverberate through the surrounding air and produce the ...
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Whatever happened to supersonic sea planes?
A interceptor like no other that could be deployed from submarines, take off from the sea itself and go - supersonic. The US ...
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Rocket plane makes first civil supersonic flight since Concorde
The rebirth of commercial supersonic flight has kind of, sort of come to pass as Dawn Aerospace announces that its 16-ft (4.8-m) Mk-II Aurora rocket-powered aircraft broke the sound barrier with a ...
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NASA aims to fly F-15 jets through supersonic shockwaves from X-59
NASA's X-59 aircraft has been marching toward a fest flight since it entered development in 2016 with the goal of bringing back commercial supersonic travel. Next, the agency will test jet-mounted ...
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Civil plane goes supersonic for the first time since Concorde
A civil plane has gone supersonic for the first time since Concorde, after a successful test flight in New Zealand. Dawn Aerospace's rocket-powered plane will eventually be used to launch ...
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Moment ‘Son of Concorde’ surpasses speed of sound at terrifying altitude less than 2 minutes after take-off
Dawn Aerospace The uncrewed supersonic aircraft climbed to an altitude of 82,500ft (15.6miles) in just 118.6 seconds. That speed is 4.2 seconds better than that achieved by a specially modified 5 ...