Category: supersonic

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly

Post author By Randall
Post date December 17, 2019
Categories In assembly, jet, lockheed martin, Nasa, quiet, Research, sonic boom, supersonic, Tech, test, tomorrow, Transportation, x-59, x-59quesst, x-plane

[ad_1] This is NASA’s first large-scale, piloted x-plane (or experimental aircraft) in more than three decades, and its goal is to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to more of a sonic thump. When the long, slender jet transitions to supersonic speed, it will make about as much noise a car door closing, and […]

NASA unveils stunning images of merging supersonic shockwaves

Post author By Randall
Post date March 10, 2019
Categories In gear, jet, Nasa, shockwave, Space, supersonic, t-38, Tech, thebigpicture, thenewbigpicture, x-59quesst
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[ad_1] The jets shown in the images are T-38s flying at 28,000 feet or so. They were captured by a B200 King Air flying a pattern just 2,000 feet above them, equipped with 1,400 fps cameras mounted on a special arm. They show the shockwaves, or rapid pressure changes that result when an aircraft flies […]