NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft, part of the Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QUESST) program, aims to reduce sonic booms to quieter "sonic thumps" to enable supersonic flight over land. Two retired U.S ...
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A tiny test jet quietly rewrote the future of flight
The future of high speed travel did not arrive with a deafening crack over the ocean, but with a controlled, almost modest flight over the California desert. A slender experimental jet, built not to ...
Kingston University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted off from ...
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How NASA is using F-15s to unlock supersonic flight
A pair of retired U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles could be instrumental in the effort to lift the FAA's nearly 53-year ban on supersonic flight over land. The F-15s are slated to partake in groundbreaking ...
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