ANALYSIS: America's hypersonic missile revolution beckons [feedly]

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ANALYSIS: America's hypersonic missile revolution beckons
// Flight Global HEADLINES

Long before hitching a ride to the moon aboard Apollo 11, then US Air Force test pilot Neil Armstrong was zipping around in a rocket-powered North American X-15, which to this day remains the fastest manned, winged aircraft ever built. That flight record of Mach 6.72 or 7,274km/h was set by pilot William Pete Knight in 1967.
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NASA Begins Work To Build A Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet [feedly]

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NASA Begins Work To Build A Quieter Supersonic Passenger Jet
// Aero-News Network

Contract Awarded For Preliminary Design Of A 'Low Boom' Flight Demonstration Aircraft The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality with NASA's award of a contract for the preliminary design of a "low boom" flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of 'X-planes' in NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative, introduced in the agency's Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
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Boeing Mulls A New Class Of Airliner [feedly]

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Boeing Mulls A New Class Of Airliner
// Aero-News Network

'Mid-Market' Aircraft Would Fall Between Single Aisle And Wide Body Airplanes Boeing is reportedly looking into the feasibility of creating a new airplane class that would fall between its current single aisle and wide body aircraft, but Randy Tinseth, Boeing's corporate VP for marketing, said that the idea faces several hurdles.
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