#Aeronautics
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Man Cut His Helicopter Engines Midair to Prove Neil deGrasse Tyson Wrong
A YouTuber decided to show that a helicopter can land safely when the engine is switched off, contrary to what Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests.
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Concorde 2.0: NASA Prepares "Quiet" Supersonic Jet That Could Transform Travel
Two competing jets are in development to eliminate the dreaded sonic boom and enable supersonic travel again. | Frommer's
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Quick and quiet: Supersonic flight promises to hush the sonic boom
The Bell X-1, piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager, reached 700 mph on Oct. 14, 1947. At Mach 1.06, it was the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. But at speeds greater than Mach 1, air pressure disturbances around airplanes merge to form shock waves that create sonic booms, heard and felt 30 miles away.
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The Stratolaunch Will Soon Be the Largest Plane in the World
Over the years, man has built some truly colossal airplanes. But in 2016, an even larger aircraft is expected to take flight, and when completed, it will officially be the largest plane in the world. That massive aircraft is known as the Stratolaunch.
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Boeing just patented a jet engine powered by lasers and nuclear explosions (BA)
With airplane makers constantly on the look out for new and more efficient ways to power their products, this laser engine is the latest idea cooked up by the engineers at Boeing. Modern airliners such as the Boeing Dreamliner are powered by multiple turb
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US Military's Hypersonic Jet Could Fly 5 Times the Speed of Sound
The U.S. military is reportedly developing a hypersonic jet plane that could soar at up to five times the speed of sound.
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The First Commercial Jet to Break the Sound Barrier Was Not the Concorde
On this date in 1961, a jet designed for commercial use became the first civilian craft to go supersonic. It wasn't the famous Concorde, which wouldn't break the sound barrier until an October '69 test flight, or the Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-144, but rather a humble DC-8—no. N9604Z, to be specific.
