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NASA's X-59 moves under its own power
NASA announced a successful test of its X-59 aircraft at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., that could lead to ...
US FAA grants one-year delay for secondary cockpit barrier rule
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday agreed to delay by one year a requirement for newly delivered U.S. passenger airplanes to have a secondary barrier to the flight deck to prevent ...
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The North American X-15 ‘Rocket Plane’ Hit Mach 6.7 (All the Way Back in 1967)
Decades before the rumored SR-72 “Darkstar,” America had already conquered hypersonic flight with the X-15 rocket plane. -In ...
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How NASA’s X-59 Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules of Supersonic Flight
What is required to transform the thunderous crack of a sonic boom into a mere whisper across the sky? On July 10, 2025, the solution became visible on the sun-drenched runways of Palmdale, California ...
American nuclear weapons return to British soil
Analysts say C-17 plane visited RAF Lakenheath last week and was probably transporting bombs ...