The first aircraft to break the sound barrier wasn't powered by jet engines. Instead, it was more like a rocket with wings and a tail. In 1947, an experimental airplane called the Bell X-1 was taxied ...

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Quesst is the result of a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and NASA to build a supersonic aircraft that can fly over ...

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Supersonic jet noise and flow dynamics represent a critical area of research within aerospace engineering, intertwining the study of high-speed fluid mechanics, shock-wave generation and acoustic ...

A new "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet designed to revolutionize air travel successfully completed its first test flight, Lockheed Martin announced this week. The sleek, needle-point aircraft built for ...

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the southern California desert just after sunrise in what could be the first step ...

Aviation history was just very quietly made in the skies of Southern California. NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first test flight on Tuesday morning, bringing ultra-fast commercial air ...

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