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NASA X-59 Test Pilot Completes Successful Flight
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NASA X-59 Test Pilot Completes Successful Flight

NASA / AFRC · 2026-03-26 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less is seen after completing his first flight of the X-59 and the aircraft’s second flight overall at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Thursday, March 26, 2026. The flight supports NASA’s Quesst mission to demonstrate supersonic flight that produces a quieter sonic “thump” instead of a loud sonic boom.

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NASAX-59AviationLow Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstQuestSubsonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesX-plane
Credit lineNASA X-59 Test Pilot Completes Successful Flight. NASA/AFRC, 2026-03-26. Public domain. ID: AFRC2026-0061-106.
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