🌬💨✈️ Quiet supersonic flight? We’re working on it. This first image shows a scale model of our X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) experimental aircraft during a recent sonic boom test inside a wind tunnel at our NASAGlenn Research Center in Ohio. Using a photographic process called “schlieren,” it shows the flow of air around a scale aircraft model, as well as the shock waves and their positions. NASAAero engineers have been testing the QueSST technology to make quiet supersonic flight a reality, letting future travelers get to their destinations faster. Currently, supersonic flight over communities is prohibited because sonic booms can be disruptive. Aeronautics researchers are trying to reduce the impact of a sonic boom by replacing it with a light “thump.” The sonic boom test was one of the final wind tunnel evaluations this year, and an important step as NASA and Lockheed Martin prepare the X-59 for its inaugural test flight this year. Credit: NASA #Boom #Schlier...