Lockheed Martin & NASA’s plan with the X-59 is to explore ways of minimising the audible effects of the sonic boom over land, potentially opening the door for commercial flight to go supersonic again.
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That looks FAST
Wait, are those training wheels?
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Fuck Lockheed Martin.
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Companies like Lockheed Martin are the reason Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex. They profit from war and make billions of dollars creating weapons to kill people. They made a ton of weapons used in the Gaza genocide.
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Can we use this silhouette to identify the poorly cut chives in that daily thread?
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Lawn dart making a comeback
JP_HACK on
I made one of these out of paper once. Didnt go very far.
Additional-Year-500 on
Why does it look like a lawn dart?
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Welcome back F-104 starfighter.
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R&D charged to the Government? 5 Billion. R&D actually done? 1 afternoon playing lawn darts.
uRinee on
gawd this is fuuuuucgly
losm37 on
I think the front of that jet might be over compensating for something. If you trim the wings back, it would look bigger.
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Lockheed Martin & NASA’s plan with the X-59 is to explore ways of minimising the audible effects of the sonic boom over land, potentially opening the door for commercial flight to go supersonic again.
That looks FAST
Wait, are those training wheels?
Fuck Lockheed Martin.
Companies like Lockheed Martin are the reason Eisenhower warned us about the military industrial complex. They profit from war and make billions of dollars creating weapons to kill people. They made a ton of weapons used in the Gaza genocide.
Can we use this silhouette to identify the poorly cut chives in that daily thread?
Lawn dart making a comeback
I made one of these out of paper once. Didnt go very far.
Why does it look like a lawn dart?
Welcome back F-104 starfighter.
R&D charged to the Government? 5 Billion. R&D actually done? 1 afternoon playing lawn darts.
gawd this is fuuuuucgly
I think the front of that jet might be over compensating for something. If you trim the wings back, it would look bigger.
Original articles.
https://www.airdatanews.com/nasa-x59-first-flight/
https://theaviationist.com/2025/10/28/nasas-x-59-quesst-conducts-maiden-flight/
That’s interesting I guess, but I’ve always been a Raytheon guy.