Check 6 Revisits: Hypersonic Hopes—The Legacy Of The X-30 Orient Express
Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast · Guy Ferneyhough
November 26, 202451m 23s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.libsyn.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Hypersonics expert and former chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force Dr. Mark Lewis joins Aviation Week's Christine Boynton, Guy Norris and Graham Warwick to examine the X-30 NASP program, and how—decades later—its legacy still lives on.
Check 6 Revisits delves into Aviation Week's more than 100-year archive. Subscribers can explore our archive here and read key Aviation Week articles on NASP here:
- Reagan Endorses Station, Advanced Transport (Feb. 10, 1986)
- X-30 Technology Advancing Despite Management Rift (March 7, 1988)
- The X-30: Leading The Way Into The Hypersonic Era (Nov.13, 1989)
- Senate Balks At Raising X-30 Funds, Placing NASP's Future In Doubt (June 29, 1992)
- Editorial: Recommit To Hypersonics (Nov. 30, 2009)
Audio Clip
Feb. 4, 1986: President Reagan's State of the Union Address (C-SPAN)