Taxi Tests Underway for NASA’s X-59 Supersonic Research Aircraft Written 18 July 2025
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NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California | Credit: NASA/Steve Freeman; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Aviation Week reports, “NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun initial taxi tests of the X-59 Quesst quiet supersonic research aircraft, marking another step toward its long-anticipated first flight. The aircraft moved under its own engine power for the first time on July 10 at Lockheed Martin’s Palmdale, California, facility and conducted a series of low-speed taxi tests, says Brian Griffin, NASA’s X-59 project lead flight test engineer.”
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