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Skunk Works Digest         Friday, 31 March 1995       Volume 05 : Number 227

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	Hypersonic Aircraft Design Progress?
	Re: Hypersonic Aircraft Design Progress?

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From: Robin Bjorklund <bjorklur@db.erau.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 15:02:24 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hypersonic Aircraft Design Progress?

I am a senior in Aerspace Engineering, and this morning I went in for 
advising for my fall semester classes.  My advisor told me that he heard 
that the US Air Force basically canned all hypersonic airplane research a 
couple of months ago.  

He also told me that NASA is probably going to follow suit pretty soon.  
Is this true?  Has anyone else heard of this?  I hope not, since I am 
planning on going into military hypersonic aircraft design after I graduate!

robin :p

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|       Robin L. Bjorklund                                    	   |
| [_]   Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:                 	   |
| /_\                       -> bjorklur@db.erau.edu           	   |
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| "Thinking is more interesting than knowing,			   |
|  but less interesting than looking."	--Goethe		   |
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From: kuryakin@halcyon.com (Illya Kuryakin)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 13:35:40 -0600
Subject: Re: Hypersonic Aircraft Design Progress?

}I am a senior in Aerspace Engineering, and this morning I went in for
}advising for my fall semester classes.  My advisor told me that he heard
}that the US Air Force basically canned all hypersonic airplane research a
}couple of months ago.

I'd be interested in hearing more about this... like where he heard that.
(Not that I doubt it... I don't.)

}
}He also told me that NASA is probably going to follow suit pretty soon.
}Is this true?  Has anyone else heard of this?  I hope not, since I am
}planning on going into military hypersonic aircraft design after I graduate!

It may not be too late to switch your major to Electrical or Mechanical
engineering.  I suspect that there will be a limited number of
AeroEngineering jobs in the future... what with Boeing and Lockheed laying
off thousands of people...  Aero Engineering doesn't always apply to
different fields... but Electrical or Mechanical Engineering would probably
find a lot of different jobs.

Rick



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