X-59 starts engine for the first time

[Zaphod58]

Wow Zaphod, just wow!

That is one sleek and beautiful piece of machinery.

Is this supposed to be an initial design/project that will eventually become an airliner or is it going to be for more military applications?

The SST designation is transport, but transport of what in particular?

Either way she is gorgeous.

Tecate

This is a technology demonstrator for future SST programs. They’re trying to demonstrate shaking ability to reduce sonic booms to barely noticeable, which would allow for supersonic flight over populated areas, which would allow real supersonic transport for a change.