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NASA's X-59 "frankenjet" tests supersonic flight without the sonic boom

Via Ars Technica AI
Monday, Jun 29, 2026 ยท 10:30AM
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More than two decades since the Concorde supersonic airliner last took to the skies, NASA has been flying an experimental aircraft designed to replace loud sonic booms with a quieter thump equivalent to a car door slamming shut 20 feet away. A successful NASA flight test program could influence the

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