X-51A Waverider
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010The X-51A Waverider built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne set a record for the longest supersonic combustion ramjet-powered flight in late May eclipsing the previous record ofಌ seconds by the NASA X-43A, although the X-43A was almost twice as fast. The flight was a bit more than緈 seconds and the X-51A accelerated to Mach 5. March [...]
