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Article: PULSED DETONATION ENGINE FLIES INTO HISTORY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 16, 2008
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The U.S. Air Force issued the following press release:
By Larine Barr88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The engine that naysayers thought could never propel an aircraft across the sky is now at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where it will be displayed this summer and remembered for its 2008 history-making flight.
The pulsed detonation engine, developed by a team from the Air Force Research Laboratory here, flew its record-breaking manned flight Jan. 31 at Mohave, Calif.
The pulsed detonation engine, or PDE, was flown on a modified Scaled Composites Long-EZ aircraft by test pilot Pete Siebold. He achieved a speed of over 120 mph and 60 to 100 feet altitude, which produced greater ...