Supersonic Flight Without The Sonic Boom

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Supersonic Flight Without The Sonic Boom

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 7, 2003 @06:45AM from the and-half-the-fat dept.

fname writes "Here's a story from Spaceflight Now about a new test aircraft that can travel at supersonic speeds without triggering a sonic boom. The technology works by modifying the shape of the plane. Although it's been believed to be possible for a long time, this is the first actual flight test, barring black box projects I suppose."

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Re:Summary misleading by Eric+Ass+Raymond · 2003-09-07 06:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Linux: The ULTIMATE price-performance ratio!!
Wouldn't that make it zero?

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black box?!? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-07 07:00 · Score: 1, Offtopic

surely you meant "black ops", no?
hmmm.... by temojen · 2003-09-07 07:31 · Score: 1, Offtopic

looks like new use for the old flying boats...
Re:Rejected by Scrameustache · 2003-09-07 07:32 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Reason why it was rejected: Article referenced was from MONEY.cnn.com and more than a week old ;-(

Lessee, the test was on wednesday, sept 3rd, I submitted it on saturday, sept 6th...

6 - 3 = 3.
1 week = 7 days.

3 - 7 = -4...therefore, LESS than a week old.
Basic math people.

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SCO by termos · 2003-09-07 07:33 · Score: 1, Offtopic

SCO claims to have the copyright on SCOnic...oh wait.

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Fans by kmahan · 2003-09-07 07:37 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Now if they could just make some computer fans that were quiet. I really hate the sonic booms that come out of them when I power up my machine.

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Re:Proud day for you and your family! by SpamJunkie · 2003-09-07 08:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Hey, how do you spell "vocal minority"?

M-a-c-g-e-e-k-s.
Re:Rejected by Lars+T. · 2003-09-07 09:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You didn't read the article too well, then.
Northrop cuts sonic 'boom'
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman says modifying an aircraft's shape can reduce supersonic booms.
August 28, 2003: 6:39 PM EDT

Reason three why your story was rejected: quoted article reported things that hadn't happened at the time of writing. Or something.

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Re:Where's the Earth Shattering Kaboom!?!? by void+warranty() · 2003-09-07 11:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Um, you mods are on crack.

I tried to pipe that stuff through /dev/bong but it is in Windows Media Format or something and thus that clod is insensitive to burning.