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EDWARDS TESTS FIRST HYPERSONIC FLIGHT RESEARCH VEHICLE
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Regulatory Intelligence Data
11-04-1999
WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The world's first hypersonic air-breathing free-
flight vehicle is no longer just a paper airplane.
The first of three experimental vehicles, designated X-43A, recently
arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif., to prepare for flight in May.
Flight of the X-43 vehicles will be the culmination of over 20 years
of "scramj...
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