On October 3, 1967, U.S. Air Force pilot William “Pete” Knight flew the X-15A-2 to 4,520 miles per hour — Mach 6.7 — setting ...
NASA’s X-43A scramjet aircraft hit Mach 9.64 at 110,000 feet in November 2004—and that record for an air-breathing aircraft ...
Back in August, following four years or so of development, the new Gulfstream G800 business jet entered service, replacing the G650 family on the assembly lines of the American aircraft maker. It ...