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The A2 design does not have windows. The heat generated by the hypersonic airflow over the body puts constraints on window design which would make them too heavy. One solution Reaction Engines proposed was to install flat panel displays, showing images of the scene outside. [1]
The LAPCAT A2 concept in the upper atmosphere. One possible supersonic transport aircraft being researched as part of this project is the A2 by Reaction Engines Limited . [ 7 ] The researchers are looking at an aircraft capable of flying from Brussels (Belgium) to Sydney (Australia) in 2–4 hours, [ 8 ] significantly reducing journey times ...
"Hypersonic Passenger Flight", Aviation Week, archived from the original on 2012-05-09 with a diagram of the plane. "Astrium Efficiency Initiative To Trim Work Force" , Space news , 18 June 2011, archived from the original on January 4, 2013 .
The second phase of the Hypersonic Weapon System development was to perform a set of flight tests with a series of boost-glide Hypersonic Technology Vehicles (HTVs). [12] HTV-1: a low performance hypersonic glider, originally planned to fly in September 2007, now canceled because it was found not possible to manufacture the leading edges. [13]
Project Mayhem, the Air Force's secret new hypersonic bomber, is underway. Development on the bomber, which travels at Mach 10, just took a big step forward.
A Chinese aerospace firm has completed the first test flight of a passenger plane that it claims can fly at Mach 4 – more than twice the speed of Concorde.. Beijing-based Space Transportation ...
The Bird is on the Wing: Aerodynamics and the Progress of the American Airplane; The Story of the Boeing Company By Bill Yenne, William Yenne; Bomber R&D Since 1945: The Role of Experience By Mark A. Lorell, Alison Saunders; Hypersonic Vehicle Design
SPOILER ALERT – This story contains Top Gun: Maverick plot points: In the opening moments of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s Capt. Pete Mitchell takes an an experimental hypersonic plane ...