Taking the Bang Out of the Sonic Boom




NBAA Flight Plan Podcasts show

Summary: What NASA called a "breakthrough" in wind tunnel testing could soon take the "boom" out of supersonic flying, and scientists at the Dryden Flight Research Center believe it could benefit business aviation in "years rather than decades." Tom Jones, project manager for NASA's Superboom Caustic Analysis and Measurement Program (SCAMP) said "The game-changing technology out there is having tools available to design the external shape of the vehicle to give you a low sonic boom on the ground."