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4 days ago · The English Electric Canberra is a bomber aircraft powered by two jet engines, and able to fly at high altitudes. An early prototype operated by Rolls-Royce regularly flew to 63,000 ft, where the usable speed range (coffin corner) was only 25 knots, during Avon engine test flights. [38]
22 hours ago · NASA's X-59 was unveiled earlier this year (NASA/ Lockheed Martin Skunk Works) If the plane travels at 925mph, the time it would take to travel between London 's Heathrow Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, US - which measures 3,442 miles - would be around three-and-a-half hours. When the aircraft was first unveiled, NASA Deputy ...
6 days ago · English Electric Lighting. By Hayzer-Cozmic. Sunday at 17:14 in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft. Share. Followers 0. 41. Posted Sunday at 17:14. I built this as a birthday gift for a friend of mine, who once happened to mention that the Lightning was his favourite plane. It was a nice to put together, and I enjoyed doing this.
4 days ago · Aircraft photo of XR757 / BL - English Electric Lightning F6 - UK - Air Force (11 Sqn), taken by Bart Hoekstra at Leeuwarden (EHLW / LWR) in Netherlands on 8 September 1987 during the 323 squadron rotation 1987.
3 days ago · Global Aircraft -- Top 50 Fastest Aircraft. Of course, there are many more aircraft than 75 that belong on this chart, only the most popular have been listed. All specifications. are approximate. The Apollo 10 craft reached Mach 37.6 upon re-entry; the Helios satellite obriting the sun travels at Mach 227.3.
1 day ago · The B-1B Lancer is the fastest bomber in the U.S. inventory. Its top speed is Mach 1.2, or 900-plus miles per hour at sea level. Granted, Mach 1.2 is hardly a pace in the same category as American ...
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2 days ago · Reliability. Electric motors don’t need setting up for each flying session and will start reliably – there’s no fiddling with needle valves or those unexpected engine failures just after take off. Power failures in flight are almost unheard of, apart from of course if batteries are allowed to become exhausted.
