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Bell X-1: How one weird plane shattered the sound barrier
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025, an ...
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NGAD X-planes explained: Test aircraft that shaped F-47 as China, Russia advance their designs
The U.S. Air Force’s F-47 program continues to attract attention for many reasons. One ...
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Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15
An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight
The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas.
After the U.S. Air Force selected the F-47, DARPA disclosed that Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built a demonstrator aircraft for NGAD, which first flew in 2019 and 2022. In another bit of ...
What You Need to Know: NASA’s supersonic X-59 aircraft has taken another critical step toward flight, as its engine was powered up successfully on October 30. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk ...
How Active Flow Control Could Redefine Aircraft Design. Since the dawn of aviation, almost every component of an aircraft has evolved. Rotating blades were replaced by turbines, t ...
SEATTLE — A plane that will never need traditional fuel landed at Boeing Field, making history. “The first electric aircraft to land at Boeing Field,” said Deputy Airport Director David Decoteau. The ...
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