A B-1B Lancer from the 9th Bomb Squadron at Dyess Air Force Base
became the first USAF aircraft to fly at supersonic speed using an
alternate fuel March 19, in a flight over Texas and New Mexico.
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team announced Thursday it
successfully completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program
at the US Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center in
Tennessee, including common exhaust hardware for the F-35 Lightning
II aircraft.
Another member of the famed Doolittle Raiders has passed. Former
Staff Sgt. Jacob "Jake" DeShazer, 95, died Saturday in an assisted
living facility in Salem, OR.
Faster Than Any Rotorcraft In It's Class... And Possibly Faster
One of the true "reveals" of the 2008 HAI Trade Show was Sikorsky's surprising (but delightful) decision to pull their X2 research aircraft off the line (where it is preparing for first flight) and bring it to the show. This was the first major public venue in which the on-again, off-again development project that could change the nature of rotorcraft design had seen the light of day.
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