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                        Nasa's unmanned plane.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:44 AM
                        ..imagine hitting a goose at full chat though..
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                        leemitcheltree
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Washington State
                        Posted by leemitcheltree on Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6:36 AM
                        It's fantastic - Nasa used Australian based technology to create a working SCRAM jet - (we did it last year on a much smaller vehicle) - but what an achievement.
                        Mach 7 - they believe it would take two hours to fly from Sydney to London at that speed.
                        Amazing stuff.

                        Cheers, LeeTree
                        Remember, Safety Fast!!!

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                        paulnchamp
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Warwick, RI
                        Posted by paulnchamp on Monday, March 29, 2004 9:42 PM
                        It's fantastic news, and so close to the 100th aniversary of the Wright brothers' flight, too! They'd be proud.

                        Next, we have to break the warp barrier!Big Smile [:D]
                        Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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                        nicholma
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                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Monday, March 29, 2004 3:32 AM
                        Yes it went to mach 7 (for 11 seconds at about 100,000 ft) and was ditched in the Pacific and retrieved. No chance of another flight next week in this plane after an ocean bath. This was a replacement for the similar plane that misfunctioned and was exploded in 2001.
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:45 AM
                        It uses an engine called a scram jet. It's not rocket powered at all. That was the reason for the big news. No non-rocket powered craft has ever flown that fast. Sure would have made my comute alot easier a few years ago.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 28, 2004 5:59 AM
                        whats the difference with a small unmanned plane (the size of a missle) and a missle?
                        the thing is too small for anyone to fit in and the booster rocket is massive
                        heres a picture of the rocket (the white bit) and the unmanned plane (the little black bit at the end)
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                        ChrisJH666
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                          January 2004
                        • From: Brisbane Australia
                        Posted by ChrisJH666 on Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:13 AM
                        I've seen something that moves faster than that! You should see how fast a car salesman can move to avoid having to check in cars when a loaded transporter shows up!!!!!

                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

                         

                        Chris

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                        djrost_2000
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Where the coyote howl, NH
                        Posted by djrost_2000 on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:48 PM
                        What kind of propulsion does that thing have?

                        DJ
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                        mark956
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                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:32 PM
                        Yup, I just seen on Yahoo news 5000mph. I do not know the name of the plane.
                        mark956
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                        Woody
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:28 PM
                        That's flat out moving!

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Buddho
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:13 PM
                        Is that the Hyper X ?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:53 PM
                        Heard it on the news, have not seen it though. I heard it went to Mach 7. At least that's what ABC news says, they would never be wrong would they? lol
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Nasa's unmanned plane.
                        Posted by mark956 on Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:42 PM
                        Did anyone watch Nasa's unmanned plane go past mach 6. I believe sometime next week They will try to get the plane to go past mach 10.
                        mark956
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