hypersonic
adjective
uk/ˌhaɪ.pəˈsɒn.ɪk/us/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈsɑː.nɪk/travelling, ordesignedtotravel, more than fivetimesfasterthan thespeedofsound:
NASAsuccessfullycompleteditsfirst hypersonicflightsince the 1960s.
Hypersonicmissilescutdown thetimefromidentifyingthetargetand thenhittingit to just fewminutes.
The Air Force isdevelopinga hypersonicenginedesignedtoflyatMach6.5speed, or more than 4,000milesperhour.
- Before passenger-carrying hypersonicplanesaredeveloped,engineersenvisagemorecargoandmilitaryuses for such anaircraft.
- Initsfirstfreeflight, the hypersonicaircraftwill bedroppedfrom theundersideof thewingat 24,000feet.
- Someday, hypersonicflightwill beperfected, and we will beableto take aplaneintoorbitwithoutenormousfuelloads.
Air travel: aviation
- aerobatic
- aerodynamically
- aerodynamics
- aeronautic
- aeronautical
- air bridge
- air traffic control
- aircraft
- airshow
- airspace
- aviation
- blind
- excess baggage
- flight path
- overflight
- post-flight
- putsomething/someonedown
- setsomethingdown
- slipstream
- superbomber
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