NASA Picks Up X-59 Flight Test Tempo

NASA Picks Up X-59 Flight Test Tempo | Aviation Week

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COLORADO SPRINGS—NASA is continuing to speed up the rate of X-59 flight tests as the Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator program builds up to its first Mach 1 faster-than-sound milestone flight. The needle nose Lockheed Martin Skunk Works-built aircraft has so far accumulated around 19.6 flight…

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