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A waverider is a hypersonic aircraft design that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves being generated by its own flight as a lifting surface, a phenomenon known as compression lift.
The experimental X-51A Waverider is an unmanned, autonomous supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight test demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force. Features. The X-51A is designed to be launched from an airborne B-52 Stratofortress bomber.
The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude of 70,000 feet (21,000 m). The aircraft was designated X-51 in 2005. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010.
Waverider is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics universe. He was created by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgens, with the first version of the character, Matthew Ryder, first appearing in Armageddon 2001 #1 (May 1991). [1] .
Waverider is a time-traveling hero from the Armageddon 2001 future. Born Matthew Ryder, he volunteered for a time-travel experiment to travel backwards and stop the despot Monarch from ever rising to power. He gained the ability to manipulate time, and later joined the Linear Men. During Zero...
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Aug 13, 2012 · On Tuesday, a key test is set for the unmanned experimental aircraft X-51A WaveRider. It will take the aircraft — attached to a B-52 bomber’s wing — from Edwards to about 50,000 feet over ...
May 3, 2013 · The U.S. Air Force's $300 million, nine-year test program for a hypersonic plane ended on a high note this week, when the last of its X-51A Waverider vehicles made the longest flight of its kind.
