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Flight test files: Douglas X-3 Stiletto – Taming the inertia of the needle jet

The Douglas X-3 Stiletto fell short of Mach 2 but revealed roll coupling risks and advanced titanium use in early supersonic ...
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Flight test files Northrop T-38 Talon – the chase plane that saw it all

How the T-38 Talon became America's first supersonic trainer, shaping USAF pilot training and NASA astronaut missions for six decades.
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NASA's quiet supersonic jet completes first test flight

The X-59 quiet supersonic jet, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), successfully completed its first test flight in California on Tuesday, paving the way for faster commercial air travel. The ...
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Hermeus logs first flight of supersonic-capable Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 in campaign to develop a hypersonic aircraft

US start-up Hermeus has flown its first supersonic-capable aircraft, the Quarterhorse Mk 2.1, marking a significant step ...
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NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Just Quietly Completed Its First Test Flight

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aviation history was just very quietly made in the skies of Southern California. NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet completed its first ...
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Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

PALMDALE, California (Reuters) -NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an experimental aircraft designed to break the ...