supersonic flight

Cleared Direct Jul 6, 2026

The NASA X-59 QueSST: The Quiet Supersonic Aircraft and the Fifty-Year Ban It Was Built to Break

NASA's X-59 QueSST flew for the first time in January 2024, built specifically to generate the acoustic data needed to challenge the FAA's 50-year ban on overland supersonic flight.

Vector

Cleared Direct Jun 19, 2026

Boom Supersonic, the XB-1 demonstrator, and the bet that you can build a Concorde without a country behind you

How Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first American civil jet to break the sound barrier - and why the real test is the engine.

Vector

The Hangar May 25, 2026

The North American F-hundred Super Sabre and the first production fighter to go supersonic in level flight on May twenty-fifth, nineteen fifty-three

The F-100 Super Sabre became the first production fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight on May 25, 1953, changing military aviation forever.

Taildragger

Cleared Direct Apr 27, 2026

The NASA X-fifty-nine Quesst and the sonic thump that could rewrite the rules of supersonic flight

NASA's X-59 Quesst aircraft aims to replace the supersonic flight ban with a noise standard by proving sonic booms can be reduced to a quiet thump.

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Cleared Direct Apr 21, 2026

Boom Supersonic's XB-one demonstrator and the flight test campaign chasing Mach one

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator is deep into supersonic flight testing at Mojave, generating real data for the Overture airliner program.

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Cleared Direct Apr 20, 2026

NASA's X fifty-nine Quesst and the return of supersonic commercial flight

NASA's X-59 Quesst aims to reshape sonic booms into quiet thumps, potentially ending the 50-year ban on overland supersonic flight.

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