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X-59 - Glamour Shoot Day
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X-59 - Glamour Shoot Day

NASA / AFRC · 2023-12-12 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on a ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, during sunset. The one-of-a-kind aircraft is powered by a General Electric F414 engine, a variant of the engines used on F/A-18 fighter jets. The engine is mounted above the fuselage to reduce the number of shockwaves that reach the ground.

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NASAX-59Low Boom Flight DemonstratorQuesstSupersonicMachSonic BoomQuiet Supersonic TechnologyX-planesFlightAeronauticsLockheed Martin
Credit lineX-59 - Glamour Shoot Day. NASA/AFRC, 2023-12-12. Public domain. ID: P23-171-158.
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