What a/c is this and what was it designed for?

[Bruce R]

At the Tico Airshow Saturday. What performance factors was the a/c designed
to explore?

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Bruce R

"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I
stepped on a rake." - Henry Youngman

[Robert[_2_]]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:32:49 +0100, DAN > wrote:

>Bruce R wrote:
>
>>At the Tico Airshow Saturday. What performance factors was the a/c designed
>>to explore?
>
>Reducing the sonic boom


More info:

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/photo/SSBD


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Robert
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[MWB]

"DAN" > wrote in message
...
> Bruce R wrote:
>
>>At the Tico Airshow Saturday. What performance factors was the a/c
>>designed
>>to explore?
>
> Reducing the sonic boom

I miss the good old days living in Northern Maine and hearing a sonic booms.


Mark

[Tom Inglima]

This was a NASA modified F-5 with a nose designed to reduce the strenght of
shock waves produced during supersonic flight. The idea is to find a shape
that will allow supersonic flight at higher altitudes over populated areas
without a detectable "boom". What little I read about it was that the
results were not as good as expected.

Tom Inglima


"Bruce R" > wrote in message
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> At the Tico Airshow Saturday. What performance factors was the a/c
> designed to explore?
>
> --
>
> Bruce R
>
> "While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I
> stepped on a rake." - Henry Youngman
>
>