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$800K boom prize challenges amateurs to build supersonic airplanes

Nearly 80 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier, new competition aims to unearth the next advancement in ...

NASA jet goes supersonic in California. What that means for air travel

California has played a central role in NASA's push to test its X-59 jet and usher in an era of commercial supersonic air ...

The Concorde dream is within reach. NASA X-59 just has to silence the supersonic boom

NASA’s X-59 has reached 924 mph and 55,000 feet, bringing the agency closer to proving that future supersonic passenger ...
The Aviationist

NASA’s X-59 QueSST Goes Supersonic

NASA’s X-59 QueSST flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, expanding into the supersonic portion of its flight envelope. NASA’s experimental X-59 QueSST (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) ...

NASA’s X-59 is built to make supersonic flight quiet, and the real test is whether Concorde’s biggest problem finally disappears

NASA’s X-59 is changing supersonic travel. Can it turn the explosive sonic boom into a quiet "thump" to bring back fast flight?

NASA’s X-59 “frankenjet” tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent ...
AOL

NASA's X-59 Goes Supersonic For The First Time, Inching Closer To Sonic Thump Theory

NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft has officially gone supersonic for the first time, marking a major milestone in the agency’s effort to make commercial high-speed air travel viable over land again.

FAA Unveils New Rules To Bring Back Civilian Supersonic Air Travel: 'Golden Age Of Travel'

The Trump administration has taken a major step towards restoring civilian supersonic flights over the United States, proposing new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules that could eventually ...
IFLScience

NASA’s X59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Is About To Perform Its First Ever Supersonic Flight Test

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

NASA’s ‘Son of Concorde’ could make first supersonic flight in days

A "son of Concorde" that could fly from London to New York in under four hours may be days away from its first supersonic flight. NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is expected to hit the ...