This view of an X-15 rocket-powered research airplane from the cockpit of its B-52 carrier aircraft is a perfect way to illustrate the juxtaposition of power and wing loading. The NASA B-52B ...
When the first preproduction YF-104A (55-2961) arrived at the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards in August 1956, it did not arrive as a combat aircraft. It came to prove that speed could be studied ...
Hypersonic start-up Hermeus has completed ground testing of its Quarterhorse Mk 1 vehicle and is preparing to launch a flight test campaign for the subsonic jet. The Atlanta-based firm on 17 December ...