Thursday, August 16, 2012

Fin Failure Spells Doom for Hypersonic Jet Test

The United States Air Force's third test flight of an X-51A Waverider hypersonic aircraft failed spectacularly Wednesday when it crashed seconds after being launched from a B-52 bomber. A faulty control fin was to blame, X-51A program manager Charlie Brink stated. "Everything was going correctly except for that small thing," said Bill Hancock at the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.


Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/2272e985/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C759240Bhtml/story01.htm

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