Little known or remembered today, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet paved the way for the modern jet airliner. You might consider its history the next time you take an airline flight. As you look out the terminal window at jet-powered rides, note...
An artist’s interpretation of a hypersonic vehicle and a rotating combustion chamber design. (Images: GE Aerospace and USAF/AFRL, edited by The Aviationist) The Hypersonic Dual-Mode Ramjet test, believed to be the first of its kind, exploited rotating detonation combustion technology. General...