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SEG 530 Vertical Tail - Rudder Installed
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SEG 530 Vertical Tail - Rudder Installed

NASA / HQ · 2021-05-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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A technician is shown working on the X-59 vertical tail prior to installation. The aircraft, under construction at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, will fly to demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump. Lockheed Martin Photography By Garry Tice 1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca.

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Fit CheckInstallRudderSEG 530 Vertical TailX-59QueSSTQuiet Supersonic TechnologyLow Boom Flight DemonstratorLow Boom Flight DemonstrationX-planeLow-BoomX-59 assembly
Credit lineSEG 530 Vertical Tail - Rudder Installed. NASA/HQ, 2021-05-12. Public domain. ID: P21-097-03.
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