X-Plane Gets Rid of Sonic Boom

NASA and Lockheed Martin are developing an experimental plane called the Low-Boom Flight Demonstration. When the X-plane breaks the sound barrier it won’t produce the sonic boom that would annoy people living below its flight path. As it passes Mach 1, the speed of sound at around 785 miles per hour, you’ll just hear a gentle thump!

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