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NASA's X-59 Achieves Quiet Supersonic Flight in Wind Tunnel Tests

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NASA's X-59 Achieves Quiet Supersonic Flight in Wind Tunnel Tests
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NASA's X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft successfully demonstrated in wind tunnel tests that its design can scatter shock waves to produce a muted sonic thump instead of a loud sonic boom, paving the way for quieter supersonic travel and a first flight planned for this year.

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  1. NASA Blasts X-59 Quiet Supersonic Mini Jet to Mach 1.4 in Tokyo Tunnel  SciTechDaily
  2. X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnel  NASA (.gov)
  3. In conversation with Kalea Texeira, National Training Program Manager at Federal Aviation Administration  alcircle
  4. NASA X-59 proves shockwave suppression for quiet supersonic flight in Mach 1.4 tests  Aerospace Global News
  5. Tiny Version of NASA Jet That'll Go Supersonic With No Boom Enters the Wind Tunnel  autoevolution

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