airplane
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China Might Have Built a Mach 9 Kerosene-Powered Hypersonic Engine
Researchers in China claim to have developed a hypersonic engine capable of propelling a plane up to speeds of Mach 9, nine times the speed of sound. Interesting Engineering reported that Liu Yunfeng, a senior Chinese Academy of Sciences engineer, led the team that created the unique detonation wave engine. The engine generates thrust via…
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First All-Electric Commuter Aircraft Is Weeks Away From First Flight
The world’s first all-electric passenger plane is just weeks away from taking its first flight, according to the manufacturer. The Eviation Alice has been going through low-speed taxi tests since December and is ready to move on to bigger, much faster things.
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United Tapped A Startup To Build 15 Supersonic Jets That Would Cut Flight Times In Half
United Airlines announced a plan to buy 15 supersonic jets from a still-in-testing startup Thursday, returning the hope of supersonic travel to commercial customers 18 years after the Concorde last took the skies.
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NASA’s Experimental Electric Aeroplane Edges Closer to Its First Flight
Looking every bit like a winged tube of toothpaste, NASA’s X-57 Maxwell experimental plane sits in a hanger at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The is NASA’s first crewed experimental plane in 20 years; it runs solely on electric power, an agency first, and it’s about to undergo high-voltage functional testing in advance of…