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Today in aviation history: First flight of the Blériot-SPAD S.56/3

Explore the history of the Blériot-SPAD S.56/3, a French airliner that helped advance commercial aviation in the 1920s with ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, NASA’s Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Aircraft

The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are ...
New Atlas

World’s first crewed solid-state flight electrifies aviation's future

On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios ...
Scientific American

NASA’s X-59 plane goes supersonic for the first time

This experimental plane, which reached supersonic speeds yesterday, is designed to travel faster than the speed of sound ...
Tech Xplore

NASA's X-59 aircraft flies supersonic for first time

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft marked a major milestone Friday, June 5, when it flew faster than the speed of sound for ...