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It’s been three years now since NASA and Lockheed Martin kicked off the assembly of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, and the piece of machinery that is supposed to bring back supersonic passenger flight is finally dangling free of the scaffolding that supported it.
The noise is so loud and so powerful it could knock out glass windows. well now high speed intercontinental travel is poised for a quieter comeback. p cbs' barry petersen shows us ho ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this is animation of lockheed martin and nasa's experimental x-59 which may flyd martin and fas next year, that could launch an era-of-supersonic jet flights across america... ...by muting the sonic boom that ended supersonic flights over the u.s., in 1973. if it worked the x-59 will sound about like a neighbor closing car door. to do that the plane is almost mirror smooth because any bump mak...
It shouldn’t be long now until NASA has the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft in the air for testing purposes, and that should mark an important moment in the history of aviation.
NASA’s revolutionary research jet, the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft, is coming to life at Lockheed Martin’s famous Skunk Works facility, in Palmdale, California. Just a couple of years ago, it was only a project waiting for official approval. Now, the X-59 is excitingly close to conducting its first flight test, before being turned over to NASA.
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