Muffling sonic boom's blast

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 14, 2003 | Copyright information

Muffling sonic boom's blast

Associated Press

Sunday, September 14, 2003

Los Angeles -- NASA says it's found a way to soften the window- rattling impact of the sonic boom from supersonic jets: Change the shape of the aircraft.

Proof of that long-held theory came in a series of test runs over the same California desert where Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 at Edwards Air Force Base.

Changes to the skin and nose of a Navy F-5E jet flattened ou...

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