Ramjet Research Remembered
Blackswift’s Phoenix reminds me of the XF-103 Dual Cycle Propulsion System for which I was the U.S. Air Force’s first project engineer; I worked for the famous Weldon Worth in the powerplant laboratory in the early 1950s. As I remember it, the Century series fighters—F-100, F-101, F-102, etc.—were...
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