Stephen Harding wrote in message ...
Chad Irby wrote:

The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.

Especially for a 12 foot length/4 ft wingspan!

Makes it tough to get a ride though.

Right, but it's a good size for a raft. Ya know, they got a bunch of
beach balls and a go-kart to Mars, you'd think they could have put
water wings on the flying surfboard.