Summary: a Bird? a Plane? No, a Scramjet
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SPRINT TO RECORD: A NASA-backed supersonic combustion ramjet &#151; or scramjet &#151; flew on its on power for 10 seconds, setting a world speed record for an air-breathing engine.
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Technology may reduce midair collisions, but it wonÂt eliminate them.
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Spiraling plane rides, dangerous comics, moonwalking birds, and other fascinating videos.
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A tiny unmanned NASA "scramjet" soared above the Pacific Ocean Tuesday at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or almost 7,000 mph, in a successful demonstration of a radical new engine technology.
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Airbus handout released shows a computer generated image of the Airbus A350 XWB.Comment
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In March, NASA launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 5,000 mph. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.
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The GlobalFlyer, a single-seat airplane designed to make the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world, is a feat of engineering.
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'HyFly' crashes, fails to burn An innovative hypersonics programme has suffered a failure, with a prototype scramjet missile failing to perform properly and crashing into the Pacific after less than a minute in the air.â¦
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Decades of research come to a close as NASA&#39;s X-43 test flight goes off without a hitch. HAMPTON -- It was more than a record-breaking event Tuesday when an experimental airplane called the X-43A streaked
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Fireworks that may not be entirely benign, engineering the quest for ethanol and the largest flying bird ever.
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Unmanned aircraft with hydrogen engine does well in preliminary tests.
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A Czech-built plane makes the world's first canola-powered jet flight. Next up: modifying a Learjet.
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A small, air-breathing test plane will attempt to blaze into history on Monday by flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. The hypersonic craft is one of three built by NASA for its $230-million Hyper-X project, established in 1996.
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.
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The mystery bird was certainly distinctive: dark brown, red bill, red legs, call like a trumpet, pretty hopeless at flying. You couldn&#39;t miss it if you knew it was there.
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Scientists have grown a "brain" in a petri dish that can fly a simulated F-22 fighter airplane. It's all part of a quest to build "living" computers.
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LOS ANGELES -- The future of hypersonic flight is uncertain, but next week a tiny unmanned NASA jet will try to hurtle into that unknown on a one-way trip at 10 times the speed of sound.