But what’s Hollywood and what’s real? Is flight at Mach 10 even possible? In the movie, Maverick is dubbed “the fastest man alive,” but who was the real
fastest man alive? The answers to these questions have ties to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Children walk around the Darkstar prop made for the Top Gun: Maverick. The prop was on display at the 2022 Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show, & STEM Expo in Edwards, California.The 12-foot-long X-43A was powered by an experimental scramjet engine, the type of engine mentioned in the movie. A scramjet draws oxygen for combustion from the atmosphere rather than carrying it like a rocket.
As for the “real” fastest man title, that honor still goes to William J. “Pete” Knight, who flew the X-15A-2 to a speed of 4,520 mph on Oct. 3, 1967. Knight came close to having a fate like Maverick’s. During his record-setting flight, the X-15 was carrying a dummy scramjet engine underneath the fuselage. At high speeds, intersecting shockwaves from the scramjet and pylon had created roiling turbulent flows generating temperatures exceeding 2,800 degrees.
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