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Date: May 27 11:10 2010

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An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound. The X-51A Waverider was released from a B-52 Stratofortress off the southern California coast Wednesday morning, the Air Force reported on its website. Its scramjet engine accelerated the vehicle to Mach 6, and it flew autonomously for 200 seconds before losing acceleration. At that point the test was terminated. Read more __________________

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Date: May 27 11:09 2010

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The Boeing X-51 is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic (Mach 6, approx. 4,000 mph or 6,400 km/h at altitude) flight testing. The X-51 WaveRider program is a consortium of the US Air Force, DARPA, NASA, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. Read more __________________

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