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transsonic
[ trans-son-ik ]
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But it had swept-back wings, quick visual proof that the Russians and their German experts had been delving deep into transsonic research.
Above the transsonic, the designers hoped, the air would be easier to cope with.
The Skyrocket was designed to minimize transsonic buffeting, and the rockets push it quickly to high supersonic speed.
Many early airplanes that trespassed too far into the transsonic range were destroyed by galloping shock waves.
As designers and test pilots pushed their planes up toward the speed of sound, the danger they feared most was the beating they took in the "transsonic zone."
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