NASA's experimental supersonic X-plane project has a new name: the X-59 QueSST.
So, what's in the name? Well, the "X-59" part is a nod back to American X-plane history, which kicked off with the world's first supersonic plane, the Bell X-1, famously piloted by Chuck Yeager in 1947 when it...
April 19, 1949 issue of TIME magazine featuring Chuck Yeager on the cover.