Air Supersonic

Air launch to orbit — is the method of launching booster rockets at altitude from a horizontal takeoff turbojet aircraft, either subsonic or supersonic. This method, when employed for orbital payload insertion, presents significant advantages over conventional… …   Wikipedia

Air France Flight 4590 — on fire seconds after takeoff Accident summary Date …   Wikipedia

Air-augmented rocket — Air augmented rockets (also known as rocket ejector, ramrocket, ducted rocket, integral rocket/ramjets, or ejector ramjets) use the supersonic exhaust of some kind of rocket engine to further compress air collected by ram effect during flight to… …   Wikipedia

supersonic — su per*son ic, a. 1. Moving at a speed greater than the speed of sound in air; this speed varies with altitude, since the speed of sound varies with altitude, as well as with temperature and humidity, being approximately 1129 feet per second at… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

air-superiority — /air seuh pear ee awr i tee, or , soo /, adj. designating a fighter aircraft built for long patrol capability at high altitudes and supersonic speeds, with air to air combat as its principal mission. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

Supersonic transport — The Concorde supersonic transport had an ogival delta wing, a slender fuselage and four underslung Rolls Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engines. A supersonic transport (SST) is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds… …   Wikipedia

Supersonic — For other uses see Supersonic .The term supersonic is used to define a speed that is over the speed of sound (Mach 1). At a typical temperature like 21 °C (70 °F), the threshold value required for an object to be traveling at a supersonic speed… …   Wikipedia

air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… …   Universalium

supersonic flight —       passage through the air at speed greater than the local velocity of sound. The speed of sound (Mach 1) varies with atmospheric pressure and temperature: in air at a temperature of 15 °C (59 °F) and sea level pressure, sound travels at about …   Universalium

Supersonic Low Altitude Missile — The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM (not to be confused with the U.S. Navy s current Standoff Land Attack Missile ) was a cancelled U.S. Air Force project conceived around 1955; the height of the cold war. Although it never proceeded… …   Wikipedia