Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The interior of the Concorde seen in the film is vastly larger than the real aircraft, as a Boeing 747 set was used due to budgetary constraints. Moreover, the flight deck seen in the film appears to be from an Airbus A300 - noting the glass cockpit and u-shaped steering column, as Concorde has analogue instruments and an m-shaped steering column.
Mach-2 (Marvel Comics), comic book superhero alter-ego of Marvel Comics character Abner Jenkins M.A.C.H. 2 (IPC Media), comic book character from the comic 2000 AD , see M.A.C.H. 1 Mach 2 (film) , a 2001 U.S. skyjacking disaster film
The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond. [3] The Arrow was the culmination of a series of design studies begun in 1953 that examined improved versions of the Avro Canada CF-100 ...
The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (or D-558-II) is a rocket and jet-powered research supersonic aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.On 20 November 1953, shortly before the (17 December) 50th anniversary of powered flight, Scott Crossfield piloted the Skyrocket to Mach 2, or more than 1,290 mph (2076 km/h), the first time an aircraft had exceeded twice the ...
Specifics of this requirement included a maximum speed of Mach 1.2 at 30,000 ft (9,100 m) with a climb rate of 25,000 ft/min (130 m/s), and a landing speed of no more than 100 mph (160 km/h). [6] Experience gained during the Korean War had demonstrated that .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns were no longer sufficient armament and, as a result ...
Ordered by the Air Force on 2 April 1948, the X-1A (serial number 48-1384) was intended to investigate aerodynamic phenomena at speeds greater than Mach 2 (681 m/s, 2,451 km/h) and altitudes greater than 90,000 ft (27 km), specifically emphasizing dynamic stability and air loads. Longer and heavier than the original X-1, with a stepped canopy ...
The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster" [1]) was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the United States Army Air Forces and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of ...
Billy and Bobby were born in Peoria, Illinois, to Felix, an employee of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad and Marguerite Mauch, née Burley. [2] Billy was older than Bobby by ten minutes. They began singing and acting in radio at the age of seven [2] and later appeared in print advertisements before signing a contract with Warner Bros.