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		computerphysics on Sept 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What it was like to fly the baddest airplane Guinness World Records recognized NASA's X-43A scramjet with a new world speed record for a jet-powered aircraft - Mach 9.6, or nearly 7,000 mph.

golemotron on Sept 17, 2019 [–]

Unmanned.

mbostleman on Sept 17, 2019 | [–]

The concept of both piloted and powered seems to be really elusive.

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