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  2. Hypersonic flight - Wikipedia

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    The first manufactured object to achieve hypersonic flight was the two-stage Bumper rocket, consisting of a WAC Corporal second stage set on top of a V-2 first stage. In February 1949, at White Sands, the rocket reached a speed of 8,290 km/h (5,150 mph), or about Mach 6.7. [1]

  3. Boeing X-51 Waverider - Wikipedia

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    The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude of 70,000 feet (21,000 m). The aircraft was designated X-51 in 2005. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010.

  4. Supersonic aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth century. Supersonic aircraft have been used for research and military purposes, but only two supersonic aircraft, the Tupolev Tu-144 (first flown on December 31, 1968) and the Concorde (first flown on March 2, 1969), ever entered service for civil use as airliners.

  5. List of X-planes - Wikipedia

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    Hypersonic, high-altitude flight First crewed hypersonic aircraft; capable of suborbital spaceflight. [25] X-15A-2: North American USAF, NASA 1964 Hypersonic, high-altitude flight Major Pete Knight flew the X-15A-2 to a Mach 6.70, making it the fastest piloted flight of the X-plane program. X-16: Bell USAF 1954 High-altitude reconnaissance [26]

  6. North American X-15 - Wikipedia

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    The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

  7. Quarterhorse, the Air Force's next hypersonic aircraft, has taken an epic leap. ... Pratt & Whitney first tested the J58 in October 1958, and six years later, the SR-71 was streaking across the ...

  8. These Are the Hypersonic Missiles that Terrify the U.S. Military

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    The first hypersonic weapon that launches and attacks entirely with its own propulsion system will be entering service soon. ... which is carried by the country’s DF-17 “aircraft-carrier ...

  9. List of supersonic aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft which can exceed the speed of sound ... First aircraft to pass 1,000 mph. ... Hypersonic; References