Ep 292: Supersonic flight, rocket planes and the edge of space

Ep 292: Supersonic flight, rocket planes and the edge of space

Supersonic flight, rocket planes and the edge of space

After world war II, the world became very interested in super sonic flight, and high altitude research. Along with a side trip to how jet engines work, we take a look at rocket planes—the first manned vehicles to reach the edge of space.

As a side note, have a link to a short article about the MIT icon drive powered plane.

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts

Here’s more information about the pulse jet engine.

The Past and Future of the Pulse Jet

Here’s a bit about the v-1 flying bomb.

V-1 Cruise Missile

Here’s a link to a page about different types of engines.

Engines

Here’s an article about the sound barrier.

What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier?

Here’s a video about on going efforts to make sonic booms a bit quieter!

Breaking the sound barrier, quietly

Here are a couple of videos about the Gloster Meteor—the English world war II fighter plane.

The Worlds Only Airworthy Gloster Meteor

The Last Ever Flight For This Gloster Meteor

Here is a video about the Messerschmitt Me 262—Germany’s world war II jet fighter.

Inside The Cockpit – Messerschmitt Me 262

Here’s a vintage video about the Messerschmitt Me 163 Comet—the world’s first rocket powered fighter plane.

ME-163 KOMET GERMAN ROCKET POWERED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

Here’s a sight about the b-52.

Boeing: B-52

Here are a couple of videos about the X-15 rocket plane.

The Fastest X-Plane

The Fastest X-Plane – Mach 7 North American X-15

Here’s a vintage video about the Bell x-1—the rocket plane that first broke the sound barrier.

The Bell X-1

And here’s an article about the X-1, and the challenges of lifting it to it’s launch altitude with a modified b-29.

Dropping the Orange Beast That Broke the Sound Barrier




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