American ideals, his family's story and 'fast planes' led this Polk native to the Navy

Zach Drum of Winter Haven says his family's story led him to serve. "Fast planes and getting to go to sea" led him to the Naval Academy.

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

A collaboration between NASA and Lockheed Martin has produced the Quesst, a supersonic aircraft that produces sonic "thumps" ...

NASA X-59 Top Speed: How Fast Can The Supersonic Jet Travel?

Lockheed Martin and NASA's X-59 is a new supersonic aircraft designed to reduce the sonic pollution that comes with ...

NASA test flight seeks to help bring commercial supersonic travel back

The jet, built by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, took off from US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. Flown by Nils ...
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NASA’s supersonic X-59 jet that could slash NYC-London flight time in half taxis closer to take off

Breakfast in New York, midmorning snack in London. Taxi tests are underway on a highly anticipated supersonic plane designed to quietly break the sound barrier — and slash flight time between New York ...
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NASA will fly F-15s through supersonic shock waves behind its experimental X-57 jet

NASA has developed special probes that will fly aboard F-15B jets trailing closely behind its X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet in ...

Experimental 'Quiet' Supersonic Prototype Achieves First Flight

Commercial supersonic travel just got one step closer to reality, as Lockheed Martin has just made its first successful flight with the X-59 prototype for NASA's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) ...

Supersonic travel could return – without the boom – as NASA tests X-59 jet

NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet recently completed its first test flight after years of development and delays. Aeronautical engineers at Lockheed Martin designed the aircraft to ...