Posts Tagged ‘Waverider’
To Infinity and beyond! Boeing’s new Waverider X-51 experimental aircraft
Posted by Matt Kelly | Filed under concept, flight
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s….the new Waverider X-51, an experimental aircraft that can fly more than six times faster than the speed of sound on ordinary jet fuel!
Bridging the gap between airplanes and rocketships, the Boeing-built , X-51 is a high-speed jet that stays airborne, in part, with lift generated by [...]
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