Is China Getting Ready to Develop the World’s Fastest Plane?

[Thunder.Storm]

Is China Getting Ready to Develop the World’s Fastest Plane?

The report mentions a planned project which would see the development of China’s first domestically-made turbofan-ramjet combined cycle engine, designed for an unnamed aircraft. The description of this engine suggests something resembling the Pratt & Whitney J58 variable cycle engine used by the SR-71 Blackbird, which is also often described as a turbofan-ramjet engine, due to its unique bleed from the compressor to the afterburner which allows for increased thrust at high speeds.”

A source close to the PLA Air Force was cited by New Outlook as stating that


this is part of a project to develop a manned supersonic aircraft, currently in the preparation stages at a domestic research institute. The aircraft is expected to have a top speed faster than the Blackbird on completion, according to the source, although the project is yet to be formally launched.
Source: Is China Getting Ready to Develop the World's Fastest Plane? | Interactive TECHNO

 

[war&peace]

SR 71 despite being fastest was a fuel-hog and that is why it got grounded. They should work on a better concept, like modern scram jets

 

[terranMarine]

SR 71 despite being fastest was a fuel-hog and that is why it got grounded. They should work on a better concept, like modern scram jets

Not quite, SR 71 retired because the Americans could no longer fly over Russian Airspace due to Mig-31 which is capable to shoot the blackbird down.

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

Not quite, SR 71 retired because the Americans could no longer fly over Russian Airspace due to Mig-31 which is capable to shoot the blackbird down.

I think it was more due to SAMs such as the S-300 and K-33 air-to-air missile

 

[terranMarine]

I think it was more due to SAMs such as the S-300 and K-33 air-to-air missile

The Aviationist » How the Mig-31 repelled the SR-71 Blackbird from Soviet skies

 

[Thunder.Storm]

lets see what happen to china's bird hope it will better than sr-71