1961 : braggart science is twinge into a little package for this supersonic transport model . All it take is a diminutive bomber under 3 centimeters farsighted to check out the propagate roaring of sonic bonanza .
This scale model was just 2.54 centimeters ( 1 inch ) long by an almost impossibly - tiny 127 micrometers ( 0.005 inches ) astray , and mistily resembled the XB-70 bomber aircraft . Even so , it was enough for investigator at NASA ’s Langley Research Center to mark off out how transonic roaring would spread out out from the vehicle when scaled up to full - size and travelling at ultrasonic upper .
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