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NASA's X-59 hits near-supersonic speeds in wild flight test

NASA's X-59 supersonic jet hits 627 mph in latest test, potentially ending the 50-year ban on civilian supersonic flights ...

NASA’s new supersonic X-59 aircraft shows off its dizzying acrobatics in new video

The X-59 has flown on nine more occasions, most recently on April 14 when it accomplished some of its biggest feats to date ...
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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First Time

Shush! The era of quiet supersonic air travel is upon us. After years of development and setbacks, aeronautical engineers in the US flew the X-59, a “revolutionary” experimental aircraft designed to ...
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WATCH: NASA's Supersonic X-59 Pushes the Envelope

Researchers are validating the aircraft's performance before propelling it to supersonic speeds.
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Supersonic flight is on its way back. I went on board the first Concorde, where it all began.

The author and the two Concordes in Paris's Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace.Pete Syme/BI Commercial flights faster than the speed of sound are one of the few historic innovations that have fallen out of ...
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NASA's Ultra-Quiet X-59 Aircraft Just Took To The Skies For The First Time

Humankind is always on a quest for speed: You can ride the fastest rollercoaster in the world, the Formula Rossa, at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, and the fastest land speed record was achieved in 1997 ...
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NASA's supersonic jet is about to take flight in California again

NASA's experimental supersonic X-59 jet designed to travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight from California.

America’s Concorde successor is now two years from production, promises 1,122 mph flights and could bring back supersonic travel after more than two decades

America's Concorde successor promises 1,122 mph flights. See how boomless tech could bring back supersonic travel in two ...

The New Supersonic Aircraft Programs That Will Reshape Transatlantic Travel

Supersonic passenger flight disappeared from the skies in 2003 when British Airways and Air France retired the Concorde, ...
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Supersonic Flight Without The Boom: NASA's X-59 Experimental Aircraft Takes Flight For First Time

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