David E. Fetterman, Charles H. McLellan, L. Robert Jackson, Beverly Z. Henry, Jr., and John R. Henry, "A Review of Hypersonic Cruise Vehicles," NASA SP-124. Conference on Aircraft Aerodynamics, 1966, pp. 523-564. This article covers key issues in hypersonic aircraft that are still valid today.
James L. Hunt, "Hypersonic Airbreathing Vehicle Design (Focus on Aero-Space Plane)" Progress in Scientific Computing, Vol.8, J.J. Bertin, et al., ed., Birkhauser, Boston, 1989. A very good overview, with issues of hypersonic aircraft and single stage to orbit issues.
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