The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, wing assembly is lifted by a
crane and moved to another area of the manufacturing floor in preparation for
wing skin installation. The aircraft is under construction at Lockheed Martin
in Palmdale, California, and will fly for the first time in 2021.
Currently,
commercial planes aren’t allowed to fly faster than the speed of sound over
land because they would create sonic booms which are very loud and disruptive
to humans and animals. The X-59 is an experimental aircraft that will
eventually lead to supersonic commercial aircraft that will travel much faster
than current subsonic commercial aircraft, saving people time in the air.
Image Credit: Lockheed
Martin
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