Approaching the runway after the first evaluation flight of the Quiet Spike project, NASA's F-15B testbed aircraft cruised over Roger's Dry Lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center.
ED06-0149-27Project: Quiet Spike
Approaching the runway after the first evaluation flight of the Quiet Spike project, NASA’s F-15B testbed aircraft cruised over Roger’s Dry Lakebed near the Dryden Flight Research Center. The Quiet Spike was developed by Gulfstream Aerospace as a means of controlling and reducing the sonic boom caused by an aircraft ‘breaking’ the sound barrier.August 10, 2006NASA Photo / Lori Losey› Quiet Spike Project Description