From Above With Nose Installed
This is an overhead view of the X-59 aircraft at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The nose was installed, and the plane awaits engine installation. Technicians continue to wire the aircraft as the team preforms several system checkouts to ensure the safety of the aircraft. The X-59 aircraft will demonstrate the ability to fly supersonic while reducing the loud sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump and help enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.
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Keywords
AircraftFrom AboveInstalledNoseProduction FloorX-59, Quesst, Quiet Supersonic Technology, Low Boom Flight Demonstrator, X-plane, Low-Boom, X-59 assembly, LBFD, aeronautics, Lockheed Martin, ARMD, Supersonic, Palmdale, eXternal Vision System, XVS, horizontal stabilators, Aeronautics, Engine, Engine Inlet, GE F414 Engine, Quest
Details
NASA ID
LRC-2023-H1_P_X-59-54
Date Created
November 7, 2022
Center
LRC
Media Type
image
Photographer
Garry Tice
Location
1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599
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