Supersonic Flight
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NASA
NASA’s X-59 Prepares for First Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft is preparing for some of its most significant flights yet. The X-plane is about to begin a new block of test flights that will include its first time flying faster than the speed of sound and other mission-critical objectives. “What comes next is the first time this one-of-a-kind aircraft will fly supersonic,” said Cathy…
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Press Releases
Boom Supersonic Achieves Supersonic Flight
Boom Supersonic, the company building the world’s fastest airliner, Overture, today announced the successful first supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. Boom designed, built, and flew the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet—the first civil supersonic jet made in America. Boom Supersonic makes aviation history as XB-1 breaks the sound barrier. XB-1 is…
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NASA
NASA Center Boosted YF-12 Supersonic Engine Research
Supersonic flight became a reality in October 1947, when the Bell X-1 rocket plane broke the sound barrier. NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now, NASA Glenn), which had served as the agency’s aeropropulsion leader since it was established in the 1940s, subsequently helped NASA advance the technology needed to make longer supersonic flights possible. A host of military aircraft capable…
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