NASA begins quiet supersonic flight series operations

NASA is inviting journalists to learn about the agency’s Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 campaign during a media day event taking place on Friday, Nov. 9, in the Houston area. NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 series, or QSF18, will feature an F/A-18 flying off the coast of Galveston, helping NASA to confirm techniques for X-59’s future community response flights. NASA is testing ways to measure the community’s response to a unique acoustic experience. NASA has recently begun flying F/A-18 research aircraft to perform a special dive manoeuvre that will create a sonic boom out over the Gulf of Mexico in such