X-43A successful flight

The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.

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Chad Irby wrote:

The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.

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Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

Rough landing, though.

Bob McKellar

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.


SMH

From: Stephen Harding
Date: 3/28/2004 8:07 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

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.


SMH

I don't want a ride unless it has cup holders.

The passenger version uses midget stewardesses.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

B2431 wrote:

From: Stephen Harding
Date: 3/28/2004 8:07 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

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.

I don't want a ride unless it has cup holders.

The passenger version uses midget stewardesses.

Actually, I believe it has a 5 foot wingspan, so
there may be room for cupholders after all.

I think drinking is safe at 5000 mph as long as
there are no changes in direction!


SMH

"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.

Two pounds of fuel for an eleven second run, at that
rate we're talking 650+ pounds per hour. That's for a
12 foot aircraft.
I wonder what that would scale to for a fighter or
executive transport sized aircraft; I wonder about a
bomber sized aircraft...

Bob McKellar wrote:

Chad Irby wrote:



The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.

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Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.



Rough landing, though.

Bob McKellar



Post-flight Report:

Velocity: achieved desired parameters
Amphibious landing capability: still needs work

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.

In article ,
"John Keeney" wrote:

Two pounds of fuel for an eleven second run, at that
rate we're talking 650+ pounds per hour. That's for a
12 foot aircraft.
I wonder what that would scale to for a fighter or
executive transport sized aircraft; I wonder about a
bomber sized aircraft...

Well, considering that a 747 goes through a gallon of fuel in less than
its own *length*...

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I was visiting friends in Petaluma, California on Saturday. The local cable
channel showed video of the launch, and about 10 minutes of OO8 returning to
base. The video of 008 may have been live. I've seen her several times at
Edwards, but never airborne!


The X-43A flew this afternoon.

4780 miles per hour.

Not bad.