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British scramjet engine prepares for space tests in Australia

27 September 2001

A British scramjet engine belonging to QinetiQ is to be tested during the "HyShot" flight tests in the Australian desert in October. HyShot is an international space project led by the University of Queensland (UQ) involving the launch of two Terrier Orion rockets fitted with scramjets.

Scramjets are air breathing supersonic combustion ramjet engines, calculated to perform in vehicles flying in the Mach 7 to 15 range. If these calculations can be tested and verified, the scramjet may make possible flights between Australia and Britain of just several hours duration.

The QinetiQ scramjet engine has been prepared for flight on 30 October and will fly at an estimated Mach 7.6 (7.6 times the speed of sound). This will follow a mission on 24 October using a scramjet designed by researchers in UQ's Centre for Hypersonics.

It is hoped the experiment will validate information already captured in UQ's T4 ground shock tunnel, a facility capable of conducting ground based scramjet experiments for flight Mach numbers of the order of 8 or higher. The British scramjet engine is currently in Australia undergoing ground tests at the T4 shock tunnel.

"Working with UQ has been valuable as we share the same objectives to see if the ground test results are comparable to tests in flight, and secondly, to gain first hand experience in preparing and flying a hypersonic vehicle" says Dr Terry Cain, QinetiQ project leader. "Scramjets are simple in principle and appearance but subtle variations can significantly affect performance. Our combustor geometry is based on designs with good measured performance in ground tests"

"Our engine has a lower combustor entry temperature than the UQ design with less compression of the captured air. This has the advantage of lower intake losses but the disadvantage that it is difficult to…

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30.09.2001, Дели 15:55:42

В Индии разбился самолет с известным в стране политиком.


РБК. 30.09.2001, Дели 15:55:42. В Индии разбился самолет на борту, которого находился лидер одной из партий индийского парламента Мадхаврао Синдиа. Сведений о том, погиб или нет политик и еще восемь пассажиров самолета к этому часу не поступало. Авария произошла в 305 км к юго-востоку от Дели в сильный дождь. Как сообщает AP, парламентарий направлялся на встречу со своей партией в г. Уттар-Прадеш, сообщает AP.

India Plane Crash Kills at Least 8

LUCKNOW, India (AP) - A private plane carrying a leading lawmaker from the opposition Congress party crashed in heavy rain Sunday in India, killing the politician and seven other people, officials said.

The plane burst into flames after crashing in Manipur district, 190 miles southeast of New Delhi, said a police officer, K. K. Pande. Police found eight badly burned bodies, he said.

Officials said the victims included Madhavrao Scindia, the deputy leader of the Congress party faction in the Lok Sabha, India's lower parliament house. Four New Delhi-based journalists were also among the dead, as well as Scindia's aide, the pilot and co-pilot.

The plane was flying Scindia and the other passengers to Kanpur, an industrial town in Uttar Pradesh state, for a party rally, the Press Trust of India (news - web sites) reported.

Scindia, 56, served as a Cabinet minister during Congress party rule in 1980s and 1990s, holding the portfolios of civil aviation, human resources development and railways. He was a scion of the formerly princely Scindia family of Madya Pradesh state in central India.

The Press Trust said he was on his way to address a Congress party rally Sunday in Uttar Pradesh, where elections to the state assembly are scheduled to be held early next year.
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Вот, для начала, ссылочка на заметки Экслера по поводу предсказаний и различной мистики, связанной с этими событиями.

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К примеру, фотка обложки альбома группы COUP, которая была выпущена за несколько месяцев до теракта...

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