Posted on 11/21/2018 12:00:37 PM PST by servo1969
Faster-than-sound flight has been possible for decades. But supersonic planes like the Concorde were more or less limited to flying over oceans because of the loud sonic booms they make. Current laws prohibit supersonic planes from breaking the sound barrier over land.
The X-59, by contrast, emits a faint "thud" when reaching its apex speed of 940 mph, which the company says is no louder than the slamming of a car door. The aircraft has a cruising altitude of 55,000 feet--about 25,000 feet higher than your standard commercial airbus.
"This aircraft has the potential to transform aviation in the United States and around the world by making faster-than-sound air travel over land possible for everyone," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a press statement about the Lockheed deal. "We can't wait to see this bird fly!"
(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...
‘Gotta say I love to fly.
Not enough wings.
Yep, right over the runway on take off after hitting debris.
*Before that crash, they had a business of super sonic Gulf of Mexico flights out of DFW airport
Republic F-105?
YF-12A / SR-71. LBJ announcement.
Hence the X- prefix.
Wasn’t the “Chief” supposed to run on the deck supersonic, then lob a nuke from a steep climb angle?
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