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NASA, Lockheed Complete Initial X-59 Flight Test

X-59 takes its maiden flight from Lockheed's Skunk Works in Palmdale to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, ...

Could a new ‘quiet’ supersonic jet cut down your flight time? NASA just ran its first test flight for it

NASA, alongside defense and aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin, led X-59’s first test flight. X-59 took off from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ facility in Palmdale, California, before safely landing ...

NASA takes one step closer to launching quiet supersonic jets

A supersonic jet plane designed to make very little noise took flight for the first time this week, cruising over the ...

Quiet supersonic X-59 jet soars over California desert in first test flight

NASA's X-59 supersonic-but-quiet jet soared over the Southern California desert on Tuesday in the first test flight of an ...
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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Completes First Successful Flight of Supersonic X-59

The X-59 flew from Palmdale, California, to Edwards, California, traveling from Skunk Works's U.S. Air Force Plant 42 ...
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What Makes The Lockheed U-2 One Of The Most Difficult Spy Planes To Fly

For most people today, the "Dragon Lady" more than likely conjures up images of Daenerys Targaryen from the hit HBO fantasy series, "Game of Thrones." But long before that show ever aired, and even ...
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How Many Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady Spy Planes Were Built?

There is currently an active force of 33 LockheedU-2s in theUS Air Force inventory. Called the 'Dragon Lady,' the ultra-high altitude spyplane can soar to such great heights that its pilots wore what ...