GULFSTREAM'S NEW NOISE MITIGATION UNIT HAS FIRST SUPERSONIC FLIGHT

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE said Monday its Quiet Spike sonic boom mitigation device successfully accomplished its first supersonic flight Oct. 20. Gulfstream, working with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, has been testing the structural integrity of the Quiet Spike since July. Mounted on the nose of...

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