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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet completes maiden flight

NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental supersonic aircraft took to the skies for the first time on ...
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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First Time

Shush! The era of quiet supersonic air travel is upon us. After years of development and setbacks, aeronautical engineers in ...

Watch Nasa’s ‘Son of Concorde’ supersonic plane of the future take off on maiden flight – complete with sonic ‘thump’

WATCH as engineers get one step closer to supersonic travel for the first time since Concorde, after NASA’s “sonic thump” ...
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The Concorde’s comeback? NASA’s X-59 flies without the sonic boom

NASA’s X-59 takes its first flight, promising a return to supersonic travel — but this time without the Concorde’s deafening ...

NASA’s silent X-59 jet can break sound barrier with almost no noise, take passengers from NYC to London in 3½ hours

NASA’s sleek and quiet supersonic X-59 jet — which is built to reach speeds of up to 925 mph — soared across the California ...

NASA just flew a jet at 925 mph without sonic boom noise: Breakthrough could cut travel time by half

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft has successfully completed its first flight, demonstrating the ability to break the sound ...

Watch: Nasa’s supersonic passenger plane makes first flight

Passengers are one step closer to flying supersonic for the first time since Concorde’s retirement after Nasa took its “sonic ...

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

The X-59 successfully completed its inaugural flight—a step toward developing quieter supersonic jets that could one day fly ...
KHQ

Lockheed Martin testing new supersonic plane for commercial use

Lockheed Martin announced in a press release the successful completion of an initial test flight for the X-59, a new ...

Saturday Citations: Test flight of the X-59; a confounding quantum calculation; the universe is not simulated

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers captured a spectacular new image of the Milky Way across a wide range of radio ...

'New Concorde' flies for first time – and it could fly London to New York in 4 hours

A futuristic-looking aircraft that could pave the way for a new Concorde has taken to the skies for the first time. The ...
Time Out

‘Concorde’ could return to the UK in just four years

Supersonic jet the Concorde first took off in 1969, then started offering incredibly fast commercial flights from 1979. The ...