Scramjet breaks own speed record on final flight
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With a defiant streak across the sky, the fastest plane in the world broke its own speed record before plunging into the sea for the last time.
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An innovative engine that compresses air by its shape alone to reach hypersonic speeds will attempt to break its own record this week with a test flight over the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA's X-43A 'scramjet' now holds the jet aircraft speed record after hitting a top speed of Mach 9.6, or nearly 6,600 mph. Engineers say the technology could find its way into military and commercial aircraft. By Amit Asaravala.
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NASA&#39;s X-43A unmanned experimental research jet nosed its way into the record books again on Tuesday as it flew close to Mach 10.
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An unmanned experimental jet has broken a world record for speed, cruising over the Pacific Ocean at just under 7000 miles (11,265km) per hour in a NASA test of cutting-edge &quot;scramjet&quot; engine technology.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - NASA&#39;s unpiloted jet briefly reached more than nine times the speed of sound in a test flight on Tuesday.
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Summary - (Nov 17, 2004) The X-43A scramjet broke its own world record for air breathing engines on Tuesday, when it traveled at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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They call it a &quot;scramjet,&quot; an engine so blindingly fast that it could carry an airplane from San Francisco to Washington, DC, in about 20 minutes -- or even quicker.
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NASA on Monday will attempt to set an air speed record when it launches its pilot-less X-43A &quot;scramjet.&quot;. Paul Allen was first.
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NASA plans to try to set a world speed record for jets with the flight of a pilotless vehicle that culminates a decades-long research program into hypersonic flight.
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An unmanned experimental jet broke  a world record for speed on Tuesday, cruising over the Pacific  Ocean at just under 7,000 miles per hour in a NASA test of  cutting-edge "scramjet" engine technology.
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Nasa is due to launch an experimental jet over the Pacific today in a bid to reach a record 7,000 mph. The first X-43A flight failed in June 2001 when the booster rocket used to accelerate it to flight speed veered off course and had to be destroyed.
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A lightweight solar-powered UK plane smashes the official world record for the longest duration unmanned flight.
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A new generation of superjets comes to life.
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NASA&#39;s third and final test of the X-43A scramjet ended successfully yesterday when the vehicle reached a velocity of almost Mach 9.8 over the Pacific.
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American adventurer Steve Fossett broke the speed record for airships in a flight with a German company's new-look Zeppelin, the manufacturer said on Wednesday.
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NASA&#39;s X-43 unmanned aircraft hit a record 6,600 mph Tuesday in the program&#39;s final test flight, providing researchers with data for use on future ultra-high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.