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The X-59 features a distinctive elongated fuselage and wing design aimed at reducing sonic booms to a level of 75 decibels.
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The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...
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NASA test pilot Nils Larson flew the X-59 supersonic jet on its inaugural flight over California's Mojave Desert, validating ...
The X-59's special design disperses the shockwave into many smaller waves, so observers on the ground will perceive a long, ...
The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...
The Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest military transport aircraft in the United States Air Force, although not the ...
NASA’s X-59 takes its first flight, promising a return to supersonic travel — but this time without the Concorde’s deafening ...