NASA 'quiet' supersonic jet is nearly ready for flight
NASA's mission to create a supersonic aircraft that doesn't rattle windows and vibrate teeth is one step closer to reality as the experimental X-59 aircraft dubbed the"Son of Concorde" may soon be ready for its first test flights.
the Skunk Works team at Lockheed Martin, who are building the craft, have wheeled it out to the flight line to begin ground checks before an estimated nine months of safety flight tests.of the X-59's development ends it'll be handed over to NASA to prove it can fly over land at mach speeds without leaving a community-disturbing sonic boom in its wake.
[PDF]."Normally, these shockwaves merge and generate disruptive sonic booms heard on the ground for miles on either side of the aircraft's flight path."Once fully assembled and ready for flight, the single-seat[PDF] will be just shy of 100 feet long, with a hard-swept wingspan of just 29.5 feet and a height of just 14 feet . It will be able to cruise at 55,000 feet and, as mentioned above, has a cruising speed of mach 1.4.that was used for passenger flights between 1976 and 2003.
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