Not exact matches
With this new capital, we are closer than ever to the first
flight of our XB - 1
Supersonic Demonstrator in about a year.»
The sum is going to Boom
Supersonic, Japan Airlines said Tuesday, in hopes that the Denver - based upstart will successfully develop a plane that could cut
flight times in half
with cruising speeds of Mach 2.2 — more than 1,450 miles an hour.
This new contract is a separate venture from Lockheed Martin's work
with Aerion Corp. to develop a
supersonic business jet, the AS2, which has its first
flight planned for 2023.
Other historical gems in the aviation hangar include a 1976 Concorde
supersonic airliner donated by Air France after its last
flight on June 12, 2003; a 1967 Lockheed SR - 71A Blackbird reconnaissance jet capable of Mach 3.3; and a 1938 Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first passenger plane
with a pressurized cabin.
On the aeronautics side, the budget offers $ 624 million in funding in a move the OMB said «paves the way for eventual over-land commercial
supersonic flights and safer, more efficient air travel
with a strong program of aeronautics research.»
Extras include a six - minute behind - the - scenes featurette whose highlight is star Wilson suiting up for a pre-production
supersonic flight; seven deleted or extended scenes — among them odd alternate opening and closing title sequences —
with optional commentary from director Moore and editor Paul Martin Smith — these trims carry a viewer discretion warning, for they would've threatened the film's PG - 13 rating; a fantastic, largely CGI pre-visualization (
with, again, optional Moore / Smith commentary) of the virtuoso ejection set piece that at times gives Final Fantasy a run for its money; the teaser trailer for Spielberg's upcoming Minority Report; and two engrossing full - length commentaries, one by Moore and Smith, the other producer John Davis and executive producer Wyck Godfrey.
Consider a
supersonic aircraft releasing external stores while executing a complex
flight pattern
with the objective that the stores must be placed within an effective distance of their targets.
A big problem
with supersonic flight was that the sonic boom made it too loud to fly over populated areas.
Consulting
with me is fantastic if you are starting out and want to take
flight, mid-career and wanting to fly higher, or already soaring and want to go
supersonic!