The Trembita would be a small cruise missile-type drone modeled on the World War II German V-1 flying bomb. It would be powered by a top-mounted gasoline-fueled pulsejet engine and fitted with four ...

The V-1 "flying bomb" carrying about 1,000 pounds of explosives ... The British would come to call the V-1s "doodlebugs," for the buzzing sound the pulse-jet motor made before the engine cut ...

June 6, 1944, was the day that changed the direction of World War II in the Allies’ favor. On that … Continue reading "30+ ...

Hiller used the well-established pulse jet design from the German V-1 flying bomb as a starting point, but quickly discarded it in favor of a pure ramjet. A year later, Hiller perfected a ramjet ...

King no sold, tried a Gonzo Bomb, but Takeshita slid out ... Matthews went to end it off the top, but the sound of the coin drop played, as Kazuchika Okada’s music hit. The distraction nearly led to ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ... larger Overture commercial aircraft to be capable of flying at a cruising speed of Mach 1.7, the Denver-based ...

During the XB-1's historic flight on Tuesday—its 12th test flight overall—the aircraft stayed supersonic for around four minutes before breaking the sound barrier two more times during the ...

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator jet became the first U.S.-made civilian supersonic jet to break the sound barrier. The independently funded XB-1 reached a speed of Mach 1.122, or about 750 mph ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 is gearing up for another flight. The flight is set to take place around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. It will be the 13th and final flight for the aircraft.