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Training to fly a one-of-a-kind experimental aircraft like NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology requires a flight simulator that authentically replicates the real deal. Thanks to recent upgrades to the X-59’s flight simulator at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA test pilots are taking the flight training and preparation of this advanced X-plane to new heights. The X-59 has a unique design that will reduce the loudness of a sonic boom, which occurs when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound, to a gentle, quiet sonic “thump”. This design does not include a front windshield, and will instead utilize a forward-facing, multi-camera and display system called the eXternal Vision System (XVS) for the pilot to safely see. The design of the XVS, integrated into this X-59 simulator, is helping pilots prepare to fly the X-plane over select communities starting in 2024, demonstrating quiet supersonic flight to gather data on human responses to the quiet thump in place of the loud sonic boom. This data could open the door to commercial supersonic flights over land in the near future.
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