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Boom Supersonic Test Aircraft Approaches Speed of Sound
XB-1 demonstrator did not quite break the sound barrier during its seventh test flight but reached speed and altitude ...
The Aviationist on MSN8d
NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight
X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved ...
IFLScience on MSN3d
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 Plane Breaks Its Speed Record Blasting Towards Sound Barrier
The latest test flight was piloted by Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, a graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School. Along with breaking the plane’s speed record, his flight also reached new ...
NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the ...
CEO of failed supersonic plane startup on what went wrong — and how other companies might find success
Supersonic aviation startup Exosonic, which was working on commercial and military faster-than-sound jets, shutdown after ...
NASA fires up its X-59 quiet supersonic jet engine for the first time
But NASA wants to show that faster-than-sound travel is possible without the annoyance of the boom, which is where its X-59 ...
Space on MSN7d
NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA's X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs ...
Flightglobal8d
NASA begins X-59 engine runs and now aims for 2025 first flight
The NASA team developing the X-59 supersonic demonstrator jet have fired up the aircraft's GE Aviation F414-GE-100 powerplant ...
How NASA’s X-59 recycled decades-old plane parts to make silent supersonic flight possible
The new supersonic plane breaks the mold with a radical new shape and digital cockpit, but it relies on ancient parts to make ...
Space.com8d
NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time
"The first phase of the engine tests ... NASA hopes the X-59 can validate that supersonic flight is possible without creating deafening sonic booms; if aircraft can be designed to achieve this ...
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NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft
NASA first unveiled the experimental aircraft on Jan. 12. The mission's intent is to make supersonic flight ... and blue NASA delays X-59's sonic boom test flight until 2024 The experimental ...