Aerotime
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
kg) of thrust, and sits atop the aircraft in a configuration devised to help reduce the aircraft’s noise profile. It is expected that, when fully developed, the X-59 will be able to cruise at Mach 1.4 speeds (925 miles per hour) while at an altitude of 55,000 feet.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 27, 2025
While the Boeing 747 is still flying and is not yet considered a vintage aircraft, at Vintage Aviation News we make exceptions for a select few airframes that are so iconic and historically significant they warrant special attention. Inside aviation circles, the aircraft earned affection for its mission, often spotted at Tucson International.
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Aerotime
APRIL 27, 2025
It is expected to produce 35,000 pounds of thrust at takeoff and sustain cruise speeds of Mach 1.7. The move represents a major step in Boom’s transition from engine design to hardware testing for its Overture supersonic airliner. Symphony is a medium-bypass turbofan engine specifically designed for sustained supersonic flight.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 18, 2025
Since the 1940s, Dryden has been a hub for cutting-edge flight testing, contributing significantly to the development of modern aviation technologies. The aircraft also participated in studies involving low-altitude flight with asymmetric engine thrust. The NACA Test Force at the High-Speed Flight Station in Edwards, California.
Aerotime
JUNE 1, 2025
In 1923, Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva came up with a rather revolutionary idea: an aircraft that could use an unpowered rotor at the top to generate lift, while relying on an engine-driven propeller for thrust. A gyroplane is also not a fixed-winged aircraft, since the thrust generated by the overhead rotor makes the wings unnecessary.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 28, 2024
With twin General Electric F110-GE-129 engines developing 29,500 pounds of thrust each in full afterburner, the airframe and powerplants are more than capable of Mach 2.5 According to The War Zone , a Boeing spokesperson clarified that the fastest the F-15EX had flown in tests, with clean configuration, was Mach 2.497.
Aerotime
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Venus Aerospace, a US startup developing hypersonic propulsion technologies, has unveiled a new ramjet system, which it calls “Venus Detonation Ramjet 2000 lb. Thrust Engine” (or “VDR2”). The first hypersonic flight test drone of the newly presented VDR2 propulsion system is expected in 2025.
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