&type=4 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Analysis: NASA's plans to test an aircraft designed to fly at hypersonic speeds
All Things Considered (NPR); 3/26/2004; MICHELE NORRIS, ROBERT SIEGEL; 975 words;
... aircraft designed to fly at hypersonic speeds Host: MICHELE ... NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS ... aircraft at seven times the speed of sound. The flight ... 's designed to work at hypersonic speeds. Engineers say ... name of the Dual-Fuel Hypersonic Vehicle. The X-43 ...
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Hypersonic speed aircrafts.(Eureka Emerging Technologies)(Allied Aerospace)
R & D; 1/1/2004; 77 words;
... Boeing Co., Chicago, III., and Allied Aerospace, Newport News, Va., was formed to build three experimental aircrafts that will achieve hypersonic speeds, which are five to seven times the speed of sound. To reach these speeds, each of the 5-m X-43C ...
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Ramjet aims at record Mach 10 speed; NASA hopes hypersonic craft will lead to efficient launchers.(NATION)
The Washington Times; 11/14/2004; 370 words;
... will attempt to set the world speed record for an air-intake engine ... Vince Rauch. Mach 1 is the speed of sound, and anything above Mach 5 is considered hypersonic flight. A previous X-43A flight ... reached Mach 6.83, and set the speed record for an air-intake engine ... travel up to fifteen times ...
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Air Force, Australia team up to create hypersonic missiles, space launchers Wright-Pat is part of a program that aims to develop the technology to travel at speeds more than five times faster than sound.
Dayton Daily News; 12/3/2006; Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer; 316 words;
... Dolvin, who manages hypersonic research for AFRL's ... dubbed HiFIRE, for Hypersonic International Flight Research Experimentation. Hypersonic flight -- more than ... reached 9.6 times the speed of sound, or nearly ... wide range of data on hypersonic flight conditions ... air breathing powered ...
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&type=2 "The Economist (US)")
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Speed demon; Hypersonic aviation.
The Economist (US); 3/27/2004; 631 words;
... and faster. But for a long time the world speed record has not changed. The SR-71, an American ... aircraft for almost 40 years. It has a top speed of just over Mach 3--in other words, three ... disposable, unmanned drone. But its top speed is supposed to be a remarkable Mach 7 ...
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HYPERSONIC UTILIZES FUJITSU 2.5" SERIAL ATA HARD DISK DRIVES.
PC Business Products; 4/1/2005; 1150 words;
Hypersonic, has utilized the ... performance and speed make the Hypersonic Aviator EX7 one ... are excited that Hypersonic recognized the ... 80GB -- Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM -- Areal ... 225G (2ms) About Hypersonic Hypersonic PC Systems ... visit http://www.hypersonic-pc.com/ ... .
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Aerospace HyperSoar.(hypersonic planes )(Brief Article)
Insight on the News; 12/28/1998; Larson, Ruth; 802 words;
Engineers say `hypersonic' planes soon will ... or 10 times the speed of sound. Researchers ... hours. Flying at hypersonic speeds -- anything ... or five times the speed of sound -- has been ... feasible to design a hypersonic plane. Carter estimates ... engines to thrust hypersonic planes to ...
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Origins of Hypersonic Propulsion: A Personal History.
Air Power History; 9/22/2000; HEPPENHEIMER, THOMAS A.; 8212 words;
... leading champions of hypersonics--Cooper, Skantze ... rocket to the test speed. The scramjet engine ... capture the details of hypersonic flows. The power of ... writing a history of hypersonics for NASA Langley Research ... Republic Aviation News, Sep. 9, 1960, pp ... Richard P. Hallion, The ...
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&type=1 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Business Travel: Move over Orville, we're going hypersonic; Missions to the far reaches of space have once again raised the prospect of the technology transferring to passenger flights. John von Radowitz looks at how a new generation of hypersonic planes could revolutionise travel.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England); 1/14/2004; 772 words;
... definition of the term 'hypersonic', but it is generally ... than five times the speed of sound. Most commercial ... before the dream of hypersonic flights can come ... from designing high-speed airbreathing engines ... engine at supersonic speed. Scramjets show the most promise for ...
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Business Travel: Move over Orville, we're going hypersonic
Birmingham Post; 1/14/2004; John von Radowitz; 781 words;
... cent of Mach 1, the speed of sound, while ... Mach 1.5. But the hypersonic planes of the future ... before the dream of hypersonic flights can come ... from designing high-speed airbreathing engines ... engine at supersonic speed. Scramjets show the most promise for hypersonic aircraft, but ...
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U. of I. builds wind tunnel to test hypersonic jet engine
Chicago Sun-Times; 7/27/1986; Jim Ritter; 582 words;
... are building a wind tunnel to test engine designs for a hypersonic jet that could reach Japan in 3 1/2 hours. The hypersonic aircraft would travel on the edge of space at five times the speed of sound. The wind tunnel is part of an effort begun ... mixes it with fuel, ignites it and expels it. A ramjet ...
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EDWARDS TESTS FIRST HYPERSONIC FLIGHT RESEARCH VEHICLE
Regulatory Intelligence Data; 11/4/1999; INDSTRY GROUP 91; 508 words;
... WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The world's first hypersonic air-breathing free- flight vehicle ... engine has powered vehicles at hypersonic speeds. Built by Micro Craft, Inc ... ultimately be applied in vehicles from hypersonic aircraft to reusable space launchers. Hypersonic speed is reached when ...
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ATK to Acquire Hypersonic Flight Businesses From Allied Aerospace.
Advanced Materials & Composites News; 11/17/2003; 346 words;
... has agreed to acquire two hypersonic flight businesses -- GASL ... of precision weapons. * Hypersonic aircraft. Micro Craft is ... per hour (seven times the speed of sound) -- significantly expanding the hypersonic flight regime. Other members ... that enables air-breathing hypersonic flight is ...
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&type=1 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Hypersonic passenger plane plan unveiled
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 2/6/2008; 312 words;
A British team has designed a hypersonic passenger aircraft that could one ... would carry 300 passengers at a top speed of almost 4,000mph. The company ... it." The ESA's website says that hypersonic flight is generally considered to ...
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Advanced Hypersonic Test Facilities
Mechanical Engineering; 7/1/2003; Anonymous; 157 words;
Advanced Hypersonic Test Facilities. Edited ... 99.95. Recent interest in hypersonics has brought into focus once ... phenomena that accompany high-speed flight. Over the past decade ... requirements for quiet tunnels for hypersonic boundary layer transition ... larger-sized facilities for hypersonic ...
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