Revolutionary plane prepares to set speed record
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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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Consortium Airbus unveils the world's largest plane, the 555-passenger A380 in a ceremony in France.
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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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American adventurer Steve Fossett set a world record by piloting a new generation airship to 111.8 kilometres (69.5 miles) per hour over Lake Constance, the organisers said.
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A plan to build the worldâs first supersonic business jet is the latest sign that business jets are becoming the fastest-growing segment of the aerospace industry.
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The Mexican airport operator is ready for takeoff.
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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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The world's biggest ever passenger plane is to be unveiled in an extravagant ceremony in southwest France attended by the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and Spain and 5,000 VIP guests.
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World News &gt; Washington, Nov 17 : NASA&#39;s hypersonic experimental scramjet X-43A has broken the aircraft speed record by clocking 7000 miles per hour which is nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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NASA is set to fly a jet at ten times the speed of sound or approximately 7,000 miles per hour today in a test over the Pacific Ocean.
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LOS ANGELES An unmanned NASA jet that set a speed record of almost seven-thousand miles per hour was built by a Tennessee company.
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Ready for takeoff More modern, more art
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NASA on Tuesday successfully conducted the final and fastest test flight of an unmanned experimental jet, at a record nearly 10 times the speed of sound, or 11,260 km per hour, it is reported.
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A small, pilotless NASA aircraft set a speed record for jet planes on Tuesday when it dashed out over the Pacific Ocean at almost 10 times the speed of sound, project officials announced.
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The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles.
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A small, unmanned NASA jet flew into the record books Tuesday, setting a speed record for jet planes when it screamed out over the Pacific Ocean at Mach 9.6 speed -- almost 10 times the speed of sound -- project officials announced.
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If all goes as scheduled Monday afternoon, NASA will set another flight-speed record with its X-43A hypersonic, scramjet research aircraft.