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On 12/4/2020 at 1:16 AM, HuggyU2 said:

NASA has been doing a lot of interesting sonic boom research... all leading to this demonstrator.  It looks like it might be flying in 2021.  

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/quesst.html

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lowboom/team

The pilot doing the first flight says you cannot see out of cockpit:  you land it watching a camera image on an MFD.  

Looks like the KC-46 program needs to take some notes on how a remote vision system is supposed work. First flight is in Summer of 2022. Can't wait to see her fly!

[Concept aircraft]

On 11/15/2018 at 5:12 PM, Lawman said:

Edwards had one, but it went somewhere with DARPA.

I recall they only built 2 of them.


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A little late, but here are some YouTube links to a great channel that has awesome interviews with aircrews and walk arounds. These two particular videos are of a presentation by YF-23 test pilots Paul Metz and Jim Sandberg. Also, a walk around with Paul Metz. Enjoy!