#NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet looks ready to fly in new photos...
https://www.space.com/nasa-x-59-quiet-supersonic-jet-photos
If all goes according to plan, the #X59 will fly over select U.S. cities starting in 2024. Residents will be able to share their responses to the sound produced by the X-59 aircraft. Then, data collected from the flights will be shared with American and international regulators in 2027, when the #Quesst mission comes to a close.

"NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to Runway" by @NASAaero / @NASAArmstrong - #X59 #QueSST moved from construction hangar out to flight line at Palmdale #KPMD. Ground testing will prepare for first flight. https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/nasa-x-59-moves-closer-to-runway #NASA #aviation #avgeek

Boom shak-a-lak: #Supersonic travel without the boom? Sonic booms were thought the inevitable result of faster-than-sound travel, and restricted #Concorde to trans-ocean routes. #Aircraft such as the X-59 pictured alter the behaviour of shock waves, preventing them combining, presumably by tweaking airflow to generate destructive interference. Gautam Shah of #NASA Langley presented the #Quesst mission at Acoustical Society of America in Nashville today. Flights over land will test the theory.

The X-59 #QueSST has had its #engine installed in Lockheed's #Palmdale factory. The "silent" #supersonic #airplane is expected to fly for the first time next year.

https://www.konflikty.pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/x-59-quesst-zainstalowano-silnik/