Last year, we covered the restoration of the National Air and Space Museum's Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Now complete, the aircraft will join the new Jay I. Kislak ...
The plane, nicknamed "Baby Boom," took off from Mojave Air and Space Port and reached an altitude of 35,290 feet before accelerating to Mach 1.122, the company said. That speed is equivalent to ...