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30 maj 2021 · The Lockheed L-301, also called the X-24C, though this designation was never officially assigned, was an experimental hypersonic aircraft project. As the North American Aviation X-15 program wound down in the mid-1960s, NASA and the USAF considered follow-on hypersonic test aircraft.
18 lis 2023 · X-24C: The Air Force's 50-Year-Old Hypersonic Scramjet Aircraft. That scramjet propulsion concept is still widely considered to be the most likely candidate for hypersonic aircraft to this day.
The Lockheed X-24C was a 1970s attempt to bring hypersonic speeds – or speeds above Mach 5 – to the United States Air Force via a rocket plus scramjet combo.
16 maj 2017 · Acting as a testbed for interchangeable scramjet prototypes the X-24C would be capable of speeds in the range of Mach 6-8, effectively picking up where the X-15A-2 had left off.
Summary: The Lockheed L-301, or X-24C, represents a captivating chapter in aviation history that exemplifies the ambition and technological foresight but also the fiscal constraints of aerospace innovation. Envisioned as an experimental air-breathing hypersonic aircraft, the X-24C was poised to...
Gentry’s landing of Martin Marietta’s extraordinary X-24A “lift body” plane had proven what many scientists had thought impossible: that a wingless aircraft could descend from the upper atmosphere and glide safely back to Earth.
Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed X-24C, an ambitious hypersonic aircraft project from the late 1970s, was canceled due to budget constraints, leaving its potential unfulfilled.-Developed by NASA and the USAF's National Hypersonic Flight Research Facility, the X-24C aimed to build on the...
