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X-51A Scramjet Completes Historic Hypersonic Flight

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Friday, May 28th, 2010

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By Marina Malenic An X-51A Waverider flight test vehicle successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight off the California coast this week, the Air Force announced following the test. Launched a day later than expected due to discovery of a ship steaming in international waters underneath restricted airspace in the vicinity of the X-51A's potential splashdown zone, the aircraft was accelerated to Mach 5 by its airbreathing scramjet engine on May 26. "We are ecstatic to have…

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