NASA's Test of Unmanned Sonic Combustion Ramjet Engine Makes Aviation History. From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 28, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mar. 28--EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA's tiny, unmanned X-43A test craft topped 4,900 mph Saturday before plunging as planned into the Pacific Ocean.

Dropped from a B-52, the 12-foot-long wingless X-43A tested an ultra-high-speed engine called a scramjet in a hoped-for confirmation of work that hypersonic researchers have been doing on the ground.

"We went through all of our segments without a hitch. Everything went beautifully," said Joel Sitz, proje...

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