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Special Report: X-59 Makes its Public Debut [1]

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Date: 2024-01

NASA e-book

Quieting the Boom

Key research that led to the X-59, and inspired Bob Pearce's quote above, is detailed in the NASA book "Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight." The book presents the story of the airplane seen here, as well as a general history of sonic boom research, emphasizing the people and organizations. The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator culminated four decades of study and research on mitigating the strength of sonic booms.

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