Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) X-59
NASA’s has developed it newest X-plane, the X-59, which is on track to match or exceed the speed of sound with a test in early 2023. The plane is designed to do what the X-1 supersonic plane did, but quietly.
Instead of a thunderous sonic boom that would disturb people on the ground, it should create a softer, less-intrusive “thump.” If successful, its technology could prove fast and safe enough for future commercial passenger transport and can lift the ban flying supersonic overland.
The QueSST (Quiet Supersonic Transport) X-59 being designed by Lockheed Martin, will take to the skies over the Mojave Desert in California. Residents in several neighborhoods it flies over will be able to provide survey comments about any noise they notice. Engineers now have a deeper understanding of how to shape an aircraft to temper the intensity of a sonic boom, particularly with NASA’s Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration program in 2003 and 2004.
For everyone info, Supersonic flight over land was banned in 1973. Supersonic flight of any commercial craft ended with the final Concorde Supersonic Jet flight in 2003.
In the 1960s, the Concorde became the first aircraft ferrying passengers on commercial flights. It traversed the Atlantic Ocean, from JFK International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. Facing a host of practical challenges, including cost, only 14 Concorde aircraft ever went into service.
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