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NASA says its X-59 quiet-supersonic aircraft flew to Daytona Beach

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Official post · not independently verified. NASA wrote that "our X-59 quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft traveled from Birmingham, Alabama, to Daytona Beach, Florida." It wrote that the aircraft "aims to fly faster than sound with just a gentle thump rather than a sonic boom." On X: 839,665 views and 1,364 reposts as of Fri 6 Nov, 04:05 ET.

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