NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Passes Key Ground Tests Ahead of First Flight

NASA’s Supersonic X-59 Passes Key Ground Tests Ahead of First Flight

NASA’s experimental X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology aircraft recently completed a series of advanced ground tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California.  According to NASA, the tests which simulated real flight conditions were conducted without the aircraft leaving the hangar. NASA said the simulation exercises, dubbed “aluminum bird” testing, were part of the agency’s efforts to prepare the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Tec…