Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Honest, officer- we were just having a nice friendly drag race when suddenly this GTS appears out of nowhere and blows us both off the road!
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Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
I SAID- we don't carry the peanuts up here in the cockpit!
Unconventional
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Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
...that you know of(?).
Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
Any alternatives you know of?
Blackbird has the record of over Mach 3 (thats over 2000 miles per hour)
abdywgn
dismantler
saw one hanging from the ceiling in Nebraska. up on the second floor it felt like I could just reach out and touch it! if I had room...I'd be more than happy to let it follow me home 
A56
Street Survivor
like_A_pike
that's not factory
for air breathing crewed flight but the X-15 and NASA x-43 were quite a bit faster (experiments)
Unconventional
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X-15 was one of those experiments we used to see frequently in the old desert homeland. Edwards AFB and all their labs was just 60 miles across the creosote from us
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MMissile
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You can see that it "had" a dome/sail on it.
My 52
Fake AI.
Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
Correct me on this if Im wrong but werent they rocket propelled??
Ya, I know. Buddy of mine is playing with it. He took a pic of my truck and put that background in
If you believe "conspiracy theories", allegedly Earth (various factions) possess technology to reach the Moon in 20 minutes. True? We don't know what we don't know, and we don't even know that we don't know it.
like_A_pike
that's not factory
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The X-15's XLR99 rocket engine used liquid oxygen and anhydrous ammonia. That is, it is not an air breather.
The X-43 SCRAMJET (supersonic combustion Ramjet) which is an air breather, but was boosted by a rocket engine.
Both were dropped from a B-52 mother ship. The X-15 ignited its engine after dropping away from the B-52. The X-43 was two stages: A modified Pegasus booster ignited after the X-43/Pegasus stack dropped from the B-52. The boosted X-43 vehicle was accelerated to a target speed and altitude needed for the SCRAMJET to operate. The first stage Pegasus was discarded after boosting the X-43. Also, Pegasus is a solid propellant rocket.
The X-51 Waverider was also a SCRAMJET boosted to the desired test speed and altitude by a solid propellant rocket motor.
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X-15: Mach 6.7 manned aircraft
X-43: Mach 9.6 unmanned aircraft
X-51: Mach 5.1 unmanned aircraft
Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
Thanks for the info.
so, one way only, single use ,glide back to earth ?
so, one way only, single use ,glide back to earth ?
X-15: Piloted glide back to Earth for reuse.
X-43: Intentionally crashed into the ocean.
X-51: Intentionally crashed into the ocean.
Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
I love Jets !!!
Canada's foray into fighter Jets... The AVRO CF-105.
In 1959 this was the most advanced fighter jet in the world.
Top speed of almost 1600 miles per hour.
Killed off because of stupid Canadian politicians with the US Government convincing them that ICBM's would be better in protecting North America than this technical marvel.
Immediately after it was scrapped, NASA recruited as many of the Engineers , Design team and workers they could get.
These people were directly responsible for the program that got the USA to the moon first.
Pisses me off every time I think of it!!
Canada's foray into fighter Jets... The AVRO CF-105.
In 1959 this was the most advanced fighter jet in the world.
Top speed of almost 1600 miles per hour.
Killed off because of stupid Canadian politicians with the US Government convincing them that ICBM's would be better in protecting North America than this technical marvel.
Immediately after it was scrapped, NASA recruited as many of the Engineers , Design team and workers they could get.
These people were directly responsible for the program that got the USA to the moon first.
Pisses me off every time I think of it!!
BSB67
Well-Known Member
As far as we know
Super-Cuda
MOPAR .. Move Over, Plymouth Approaching Rapidly!
Well, I'm open to listen and read about something faster with more operational hours.
Here's what I got.
Show me the contradictory information you have.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | National Air and Space Museum
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