The Concorde dream is within reach. NASA X-59 just has to silence the supersonic boom

NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...

Here's how NASA's supersonic jet could transform commercial air travel

NASA's Quesst mission looks to develop a supersonic aircraft that could one day transform commercial air travel in the United ...
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NASA's 'Son of Concorde' X-59 jet reaches its quiet supersonic target points for the first time ever

It’s a huge game changer ...

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...

When (And Why) Are Military Aircraft Allowed To Break The Sound Barrier?

Some may already be familiar with the sonic boom that accompanies a break to the sound barrier, but when and why would ...
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Boom’s XB-1 research jet shockwave captured during supersonic flight

US aeronautics agency NASA managed to capture the Boom Supersonic XB-1 research aircraft as it broke the sound barrier during its final flight on 10 February. The flight – the XB-1’s second in excess ...
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NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

I was an Avionics Sensor Tech at Beale AFB. I worked Side Looking RADAR on the SR-71, so I was always around during air shows. Only once, there was a 80,000 foot Mach 3 flyby. Yes there was a boom but ...