Aviation Week

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes First Flight

NASA began flight tests of its needle-nosed X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft with a 1 hr. 7 min. initial sortie from Palmdale, California, to the nearby Edwards AFB on Oct. 28. Flown by ...
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This Is NASA's Fastest Aircraft Ever

The fastest air-breathing vehicle ever built was the NASA X-43. Only three of these aircraft were built, with one being destroyed and two operating successfully. The X-43 testbed aircraft measured 12 ...
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Supersonic Silent NASA Aircraft X-59 Completes First Flight — See the Details

NASA has officially revealed new details, photos and videos of the first flight of the X-59 QueSST, the quiet experimental supersonic aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin. The ...
Flightglobal

NASA and Lockheed Martin achieve first flight of X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator

NASA and partner Lockheed Martin have made good on their plan to have the X-59 supersonic demonstrator airborne before year-end. The jet, commissioned by NASA to test design features intended to ...
The National Interest

NASA’s X-59 QueSST Aircraft Could Bring Back Commercial Supersonic Flight

NASA plans to conduct community overflights beginning this year, flying the X-59 over select American cities to collect public feedback on the “sonic thump.” Still, in some quarters, the dream lives ...