Cue the comments from the ‘“waste of time,” “I figured everything out all ready in my T-Hangar,” “everything the government does sucks”’ crowd.
I for one am excited to see the schlieren photos once the X-59 starts the flight test program
Although I agree the government sucks I think this is cool. I doubt it will lead anywhere as the sonic boom in an immutable (pun intended) physical property but it may be useful research.
I’m confused. Looking at FlightAware the airlines have chosen to fly not much over 480kts. Since the customers choose to fly slower rather than faster, who will be the market for any improvement in supersonic flight?
The reason customers fly in slower planes is because they have no choice until they are allowed to sit in the left front seat.