The latest from NASA's X-plane series could make Concorde-style supersonic commercial flights a reality again without the deafening sonic boom noise.
NASA's new"quiet" supersonic plane—which could make Concorde-style supersonic flights, allowing passengers to fly faster than the speed of sound a reality—has received a green light for construction.
"With the completion of KDP-D we've shown the project is on schedule, it's well planned and on track. We have everything in place to continue this historic research mission for the nation's air-traveling public," Bob Pearce, NASA's Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, said in a statement. , LBFD Associate Project Manager Heather Maliska said:"Supersonic flight has the potential to approximately cut flight times in half. The X-59 is a purpose-built aircraft that is being built with a near term focus of overcoming the technical and regulatory barriers to quiet supersonic flight overland."
"Our goal is to use the X-59 aircraft to collect and deliver data on community response to quiet overflight sounds to support the development of en route certification standards based on acceptable sound levels," Maliska told:"There is a whole host of technologies that contribute to this aircraft. The ability to accurately predict how the shape affects the sonic boom is the big technology advancement over the last decade.
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