{"id":147036,"date":"2024-01-15T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=147036"},"modified":"2024-01-15T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:22:00","slug":"nasa-opens-the-door-to-silent-supersonic-aviation-with-x-59-experimental-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/01\/nasa-opens-the-door-to-silent-supersonic-aviation-with-x-59-experimental-aircraft.html","title":{"rendered":"NASA opens the door to silent supersonic aviation with X-59 experimental aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NASA<\/strong> unveiled the experimental X-59 <\/strong>aircraft that is capable of breaking the sound barrier without the characteristic sonic boom, which will enable the development of supersonic commercial aircraft that will cut flight time dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Pam Melroy, NASA’s deputy administrator, during the presentation of the aircraft in Palmdale, California, supersonic aircraft based on the X-59 will make it possible, for example, to cut in half the New York-Los Angeles route, which currently takes six hours and 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The X-59 will fly at a speed of 1,488 kilometers per hour, about 1.4 times the speed of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the X-59, whose development also involved Skunk Works (the advanced programs unit of aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin and responsible for historic aircraft such as the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird spy planes), overcomes the main obstacle that supersonic aviation has faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When exceeding the speed of sound, which is around 1,235 kilometers per hour depending on conditions, supersonic aircraft generate a sonic boom that can exceed 200 decibels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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