
Event: SEG 570 Vertical Tail Assembly - Final Install Lockheed Martin technicians work on a fit check and installation of the vertical tail onto the X-59 aircraft. The plane is under construction at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, will fly to demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump.
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LRC-2022-H1_P_X-59-20
Date Created
August 17, 2021
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LRC
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Photographer
Garry Tice
Location
1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599
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