NASA X-59 Supersonic Aircraft's First Flight - Highlights and Team Reflections - video Dailymotion

NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft conducted its first flight in Oct. 2025. The team behind the plane talks about it.   Credit: NASA

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00:02Years and years that it took to get to this point and we finally crossed that milestone.

00:07All the work and the buildup getting the airplane to this point and then to see that take to the

00:12sky for the first time.

00:13So when it came to game day, I wasn't worried about anything because I knew the team had my back.

00:21It has the promise to be a historic milestone towards the next era of commercial aviation.

00:27I've worked with so many people for so long to make this happen, to actually see it take flight. What

00:34an experience.

00:36It's a tremendous accomplishment for all of us associated with X-59.

00:42What we're doing has impacts on the commercial aviation industry and has the opportunity to revolutionize commercial air travel.

00:50To go prove a concept that at one point people doubted could be done. Pretty exciting.

00:57I never would have guessed when I was 16 years old and I wanted to be a test pilot that

01:01I'd ever have the opportunity to do a first flight, let alone a first flight on an X-plane.

01:08To be continued...

01:09To be continued...

01:16To be continued...

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