We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:54:23 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification This is kinda neat... Supersonic flight has always had a "sexy" connotation but its practicality is always been less than ideal (as the film alludes to). But while the sonic boom is a big problem from a public nuisance standpoint--the first time you hear a sonic boom is not usually a pleasant experience--the engineering of efficient Mach 1-plus operations has always been challenging. Assuming Gulfstream and Kelly Johnson's boys have broken the code, as they claim, I'd love to know how they: 1) Eliminated the boom. Fuselage shape and the tail structure are clues. 2) Managed the exponential increase in... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html Sun, 11 May 2008 02:48:40 -0600 M'self, I'm waiting on homebuilt supersonic aircraft, running on affordable (yeah, right) fuel... Jim Bede came close, really, no kiddin, no cheatin' this time! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72966 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72966 Mon, 12 May 2008 21:44:53 -0600 Me, I'm just digging on a Warthog jock waxing poetical on the subject of supersonic flight, like. Not that there's anything wrong with that. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72936 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72936 Sun, 11 May 2008 19:37:46 -0600 For #1 I'd say they managed to reduce Reynold's Number (if that's what it's called in aviation circles) to near zero. Likely through a combination of shape and surface texture. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72911 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72911 Sun, 11 May 2008 10:10:55 -0600 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvHFkX2Rqow Thanks Guys]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72910 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72910 Sun, 11 May 2008 10:01:42 -0600 Looks like the result of a dalliance between the RB-70 and the SR-71 after a Castle 'Rita Party.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72904 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/looks_like_the.html#comment-72904 Sun, 11 May 2008 03:22:44 -0600