Game Changer: Supersonic X-59 One Step Closer to First Flight - 19FortyFive

The X-59 designers have big plans for the airplane. It will be able to fly at an altitude of 55,000 feet at Mach 1.4 (925 miles per hour).

Supersonic flight creates a nettlesome sonic boom and thats why commercial supersonic jet travel is banned over the United States. NASA and Lockheed Marin Skunk Works plan to change that so someday p… [+3852 chars]

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