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NASA’s X-59 First Flight Signals Quiet Supersonic Revolution

Could the future of air travel finally outrun the sound barrier without shattering the peace below? NASA and Lockheed ...
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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 ...

'Son of Concorde' takes flight! NASA's 100-foot, $247million supersonic jet that can travel from London to New York in under 4 hours takes to the skies for the first time

After years in development, NASA's supersonic jet dubbed 'Son of Concorde' has successfully completed its first test flight.
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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 ...

NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet completes first flight in potential breakthrough for commercial air travel

Lockheed Martin's revolutionary X-59 supersonic jet completes first test flight, designed to break sound barrier with quiet 'thump' instead of sonic boom.

NASA’s supersonic X-59 jet quietly soars over California desert in first test flight

Sleek aircraft is designed to break the sound barrier with little noise and pave the way for faster commercial air travel ...

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 ‘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” ...

NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Just Quietly Completed Its First Test Flight

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight on Tuesday, flying at subsonic speeds of 230 mph over the desert ...

NASA's quiet supersonic jet completes first test flight

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in ...
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Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California in unofficial first test flight

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet airplane soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight ...