Took a few years but it finally flew with Nils Larson at the controls.
He's a former U-2 pilot.
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
			
			
				
					
						
							
						
					
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			He's a former U-2 pilot.
					
				X-59 Soars: A New Era in Supersonic Flight Begins
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for...
				
					
				David Nils Larson - NASA
David Nils Larson is a research test pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He is NASA’s lead pilot for the X-59 aircraft,