NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft with Gulfstream Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigator attached
Gulfstream Aerospace and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center are testing the structural integrity of a telescopic 'Quiet Spike' sonic boom mitigator on the F-15B testbed. The Quiet Spike was developed as a means of controlling and reducing the sonic boom caused by an aircraft 'breaking' the sound barrier.
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NASA ID
ED06-0111-08
Date Created
July 6, 2006
Center
AFRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
NASA/Tom Tschida
Location
AFRC
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