NASA’s X-59 Shows Streamlined Profile in Wheels-Up Flights

As NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet takes to the air, its sleek configuration is now on display thanks to a key milestone it reached in April – flying wheels-up. The transition marks an important step in the aircraft’s testing. Experimental aircraft typically make their earliest test flights with the landing gear down, then begin retracting […] The post NASA’s X-59 Shows Streamlined Profile in Wheels-Up Flights appeared first on NASA Science.