27 August 2003. The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration aircraft, a modified U.S. Navy F-5E jet, proved that an aircraft can be shaped to change its shock waves in supersonic flight, developing technology for the NASA's X-59 research aircraft.
Our Lockheed F-104A Starfighter (55-2961) was flown for the first time on this day in 1956 by the NACA (now NASA) after being received at Edwards Air Force Base the day before: https://t.co/oLfw3qguZR