Success with composites (With composites on the road to success)

A material consisting of (composed of, made up by) several composites is called (dubbed, refferred to as, named, denoted as, termed) composite material. For a material blend (mix) plastics, glas metals, and ceramics are suitable (can be used, lend/present themselves to, are suited). Particularly (extraordinarily, extremely, especially) successful are fibre (AE: fiber) composites in which glas, carbon and aramid fibres are embedded in a matrix of polymers -- mostly in synthetic resins {Kunstharze}. Advantages (benefits, edge[to have an edge over]) in weight (weight advantages) and the extreme breaking point(loading capacity, [strain endurance?]) make fibre composites the favo(u)rite (preferred, preferential) material in airplane and racing car construction.

Fibre composites are [also] the basic concept (idea) behind (lie behind, are involved in) the possibly most ambitious project of civil aviation: the American supersonic (ultrasound, hypersonic) aircraft (jet aircraft, plane) X-30. This airplane is supposed to fly ten times higher than today's jet planes (aircraft) do -- reaching almost (which is almost ..., quite close to) the altitude (height) in which today's space shuttles are operating at (orbiting, fly in).

At this altitude the air is so thin that X-30 could fly at 25 times the speed of sound (at 25 times [the] sonic speed). At such extreme speeds temperatures of 1700°C occur at the aircraft's nose and on the wing tips despite (in spite of, regardless of) the chilling (severe, crisp, cutting) cold(ness) of the surrounding air. That's why a composite material made of two different carbon fibres embedded in ceramics is needed for the outer cover (paneling, plating) of X-30. The ceramics are supposed (intended) to prevent the carbon fibres in the material from burning out (glowing away).