
NASA's 'quiet' supersonic jet completes first flight in potential breakthrough for commercial air travel
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The X-59 aircraft designed to reduce sonic booms to quiet thumps flew its maiden voyage, potentially revolutionizing supersonic air travel over land.
The plane took off from Palmdale, Calif., at Skunk Works' facility at U.S. Air Force Plant 42, accompanied by a NASA chase plane. It landed safely about an hour later at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center.
The plane’s unique shape is designed to greatly lower the volume of the sonic boom typically produced when a plane breaks the sound barrier.
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