#supersonic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #supersonic, aggregated by home.social.
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Thursday, September 3, 2026
Who has the upper hand in Ukraine’s evolving drone war? . . . . . Russian specialists aiding Iran's development of supersonic cruise missiles, FT reports . . . . . Is the CIA's Moscow visit a sign of a coming Russian provocation in the Baltics? . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/thursday-september-3-2026/
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🏰⚙️ #Aerospace engineer Tom Stanton built a backyard #trebuchet powerful enough to launch a projectile past the speed of #sound.
He redesigned the ancient siege weapon with a 3:1 pulley system and a longer sling that revolved multiple times to gain #momentum. After extensive trial and error, his release cracked the whip of a #sonicboom at 1,249 km/h (776 mph), just clearing the 1,234 km/h (767 mph) barrier.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/supersonic-trebuchet-video/
#engineering #DIY #physics #supersonic #science #aerospace #gravity #makers #weapons
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Friday, July 17, 2026
2 more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit by drones in Black Sea . . . . . On his way out, Fedorov moves to boost Ukraine's sky shield with EU loans . . . . . Thousands rally in Kyiv, other cities against Defense Minister Fedorov's dismissal, demand reappointment . . . . . Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin banned from leaving country . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/friday-july-17-2026/
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Seeking Quieter Supersonic Flight
Supersonic flight over the U.S. has been banned by all non-military aircraft for more than fifty years. The ban gained momentum in the 1960s after test programs over St. Louis and Oklahoma provoked public outcry. But NASA’s X-59 aircraft is working to lift the ban by softening the sonic booms that encouraged the ban in the first place. Although it hasn’t been tested at supersonic speeds yet, pilots are putting the sharp and skinny X-59 through its paces, slowly widening the flight envelope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4Xuslczoo
In the video above, NASA shares footage of some of the recent test flights, including various maneuvers like phugoids, banking rolls, flutter, and landing gear tests. Pay close attention to the pilot’s view and the radio chatter, and you’ll hear that they’re hovering around Mach 0.98 in some cases–just underneath the point of generating a shock wave around the aircraft. It will be neat to see what happens when they finally do go supersonic. Will it be as quiet as promised? (Video credit: NASA; image credit: NASA/L. Losey; see also NASA; via Gizmodo)
#aircraft #flightTest #fluidDynamics #physics #science #shockwave #sonicBoom #supersonic #supersonicFlight #X59 -
Enhancing #Parachutes by Instrumenting the #Canopy (#EPIC) is a #NASA project led by the Armstrong Flight Research Center to improve the safety and reliability of #Supersonic parachutes used for planetary missions, particularly to #Mars.
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
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#Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77112 #technikmuseum #sinsheim #tu144 #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #airshow #concordski #supersonic #travel #germany #deutschland #photography (Instagram 27.07.2016)
