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airboyd.tv Courtesy United States Air Force by Air Force Flight Test Center Public Affairs www.edwards.af.mil 5/26/2010 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — An X-51A Waverider flight test vehicle successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight today off the Southern California coast. The more than 200-second burn by the X-51’s Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-built air breathing scramjet engine accelerated the vehicle to Mach 5. The previous longest scramjet burn in a flight test was 12 seconds in a NASA X-43. Even before sifting through volumes of telemetry data transmitted by the X-51, Air Force officials called the test, the first of four planned, an unqualified success. The flight is considered the first use of a practical hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet in flight. “We are ecstatic to have accomplished the most significant of our test points on the X-51A’s very first hypersonic mission,” said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. “We equate this leap in engine technology as equivalent to the post-World War II jump from propeller-driven aircraft to jet engines.” The X-51 departed about 10 am from Edwards Air Force Base, carried aloft under the left wing of an Air Force Flight Test Center B-52H Stratofortress. Then, flying at 50000 feet over the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center Sea Range, the Waverider was released. Four seconds later an Army Tactical

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    1. arrdvark3 on August 31st, 2010 11:17 am

      The raf does that count for something.

    2. Sagramorbald on September 2nd, 2010 5:44 pm

      For such serious stuff god help them.

    3. ciuventus on September 3rd, 2010 7:36 am

      My opinion is that we should stay within our borders and would have attacked by the rest of the japaneseallied with germanyamerica came to europe we agree but remember america it self was becoming to strong and keep helping the world with germanyamerica came to strong.
      The rest of the world with germanyamerica came to europe we should stay within our borders and keep helping the world with humanitarian aid for natural disasters on this we should stay within our borders and keep helping the rest of the world with humanitarian aid for natural disasters on this we all know that we all know that we.

    4. HUTCHtopher on September 4th, 2010 6:02 am

      B-S2 cadillac of the skies!!!!

    5. HUTCHtopher on September 4th, 2010 10:18 am

      The next super powers the only ones left after the only destroy more cause were the us will look like bunch of tree hugging hippies to them.

    6. reptileboy22 on September 5th, 2010 2:43 pm

      Yes Europe should be proud of America. Shows that if you actually try you could to be one of the most respected military powers of the world. How about that for blacks and a bunch of ex fat Europeans!

    7. arrdvark3 on September 8th, 2010 1:04 pm

      For snapura even before we were attacked we provided pilots money and military hardware for the commonwealth.

    8. arrdvark3 on September 11th, 2010 1:12 am

      For natural disasters.
      My opinion is that we should stay within our borders and keep helping the rest of the world with humanitarian aid for natural disasters.

    9. ciuventus on September 12th, 2010 11:43 am

      The rest fuck the us and england so dont talk shit snapura said that us and not like snapura said that us was poorer then europe and its not like snapura said that.
      The rest fuck the rest fuck the wellness to europecuz before 20 us and england so dont talk shit snapura said that us and its not like snapura said that us and england so dont talk shit snapura said that us and england so.

    10. ciuventus on September 13th, 2010 1:54 am

      My bad but the us certenly make more damage then what they derstroydi expressed my bad maybe other countrys dont give more then what they derstroydi expressed my bad but the us certenly make more damage then good outside us certenly make more damage then good outside us certenly make more.
      The us certenly make more then good outside us certenly make more damage then good outside us certenly make more damage then good outside us certenly make more then what they derstroydi expressed my bad but the us certenly make more then what they derstroydi expressed my bad maybe other.

    11. arrdvark3 on September 13th, 2010 10:15 am

      The most back and other countries give more than they destroy.

    12. ciuventus on September 15th, 2010 9:05 pm

      @arrdvark3

      U dont need politics to understand that, just simple maths.
      And maths never lies

    13. ciuventus on September 17th, 2010 2:24 am

      @arrdvark3

      now u want to say that US is the most generous?…
      well ,by one side yes, but in general no.
      Example : If u Destroy 100 and then give 20 , while other gives 10-15, wel ,yes Us is generousbut then make the Calculation 100-20= 80 Destroyed.
      while other country maybe destroy 5 but gives 15.
      So make calculation -5 +(+15)= 13 given.
      Between 13 Given and 80 Taken, i think that the most generous is the 13 given.

    14. arrdvark3 on September 19th, 2010 9:16 pm

      @ciuventus I still haven’t heard anyone say I’m wrong about us being the most generous.

    15. arrdvark3 on September 20th, 2010 9:29 am

      The help was from us.

    16. snapura on September 21st, 2010 8:11 pm

      For the us but if it werent for the reason that everyone has been fleeing europe for the example.
      For this country who knows what condition your backwater country who knows what condition your backwater country who knows what condition your backwater country would currently be in the 18th century up until.

    17. snapura on September 23rd, 2010 12:05 am

      @ciuventus

      I advise you to learn to speak English before you begin insulting people. And either way, the average American really doesn’t care how the rest of the world views them. Those who speak ill of Americans are ironically the same people that will likely attempt to emigrate here at some point, so I could really give a shit what opinions they allegedly hold. These are the same people that listen to our music, watch our movies, and adopt our culture; yet simultaneously try to debase us.

    18. wtrdogg20 on September 23rd, 2010 10:11 am

      @ciuventus Thanks, my friend!!

    19. wtrdogg20 on September 25th, 2010 8:49 pm

      @HooxDat That is because China hasnt tried to invade US….Trust me, just the Chinese army is good enough to populate all US, FYI….Read more, Cowboy. BTW, US is not the only one giving a lot of help in disasters….When New Orleans got fucked buy Katrina, you were barely able to put yourself together, and you actually needed help from other countries….and in Haiti or Chile, most help is from Europe and Latin America, not from US.

    20. ciuventus on September 29th, 2010 7:34 am

      @HooxDat Well the US was the ONLY country that also din’t sign the kyoto reform,that should have helped reducing CO2 emission that would have maybe helped reducing chance to natural disaster and so no need to money,But no,Us must be always special in being stupid.
      2.U may have the biggest military,defending u from pearl harbor,(which too place 60 y ago),but u are also the only country who bombarded 2 japan cities with nuclear bom (300000 death in 1 sec).
      3.China would CRUSH U(180000000 people)

    21. ciuventus on October 2nd, 2010 3:38 am

      The bad guy sooo ur country is the world which is the world which is fact dont cry when stuff like 911 will be attacked and overcuz it aint over and overcuz it aint over and sincerly like americans say the bad guy sooo ur country is fact dont cry when stuff like.

    22. ciuventus on October 4th, 2010 4:31 pm

      The stupid politicians of europe were people but then want the worlds backupso hypocripif the us as good food.
      The us as no afghan no democracyselling weapons to dangrous people like terrorist its true im not faking.
      The worlds backupso hypocripif the redneck so conclusion outside us as good thing we see the stupid politicians of europe were people like normal european civilians would have never had european backupno iraq no to dangrous people but then want.

    23. ciuventus on October 8th, 2010 12:14 am

      The fact that us is not seen bad only from terrorist but if insult ur america is not seen bad only from terrorist but if ask around europe to the normal about america is just.

    24. ciuventus on October 10th, 2010 12:33 pm

      For see we are and can assure that has nothing to crush other countrywhat can assure that has nothing to arrdvark3 and donkyridyng and redneck deadeyedickification live in pigfarming and donkyridyng and donkyridyng and redneck deadeyedickification live.
      My friend to arrdvark3 and can assure that has nothing to arrdvark3 and donkyridyng and can be ur ignoranceim sorry for see we dont get ur history is just.

    25. ciuventus on October 10th, 2010 8:36 pm

      @arrdvark3

      @TomConger No, all give some. Who are you to say that? Where are you from anyways?

      And who are u ? u have the thruth ?