High Alpha Research Vehicle
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The High Alpha Research Vehicle is a modified American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet used by NASA in a three-phase program investigating controlled flight at high alpha using thrust vectoring, modif
F-18 HARV in high alpha maneuver
Supersonic aircraft
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A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound. Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth century. Super
The interaction of shock waves from two supersonic aircraft, photographed for the first time by NASA using the Schlieren method in 2019.
Bell X-1
A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird supersonic reconnaissance aircraft
The fuselage of Concorde had an extremely high fineness ratio.