X-51A Waverider Achieves History In Final Flight | Aero-News Network

Hypersonic Scramjet Achieves Speed Of Mach 5.1
The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program has
accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight
reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean on May 1 a little
after 10 a.m. Pacific Time. "It was a full mission success,"
said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air
Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate.

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