Nasa's Ultraquiet Supersonic 'flying Swordfish' Makes History with Test Flight
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NASA's 'flying swordfish' plane, designed for ultraquiet supersonic flight, conducted its first test flight, but the achievement is tempered by the fact that it was subsonic; commenters question the significance of this milestone.
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ggm
about 2 months ago
The test flight was subsonic as the article says, and as flight geniuses on reddit roundly chided me for implying anything else would be done. My point being, "makes history" should be when it goes transonic with a soft thump, not "flies"
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