Boeing - X-51A WaveRider Scramjet 4th Flight Test Reached Speed Of Mach 5.1 [720p]

5/3/2013 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program has accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean on May 1, 2013. “It was a full mission success,“ said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate. The cruiser traveled over 230 nautical miles (426 km) in just over 6 minutes over the Point Mugu Naval Air Warfare Center Sea Range. It w