> And is this a real thing that can be done? How do you make the sonic boom go away? You can't completely make the sonic boom go away, but you can change how i

> And is this a real thing that can be done? How do you make the sonic boom go away? You can't completely make the sonic boom go away, but you can change how it's experienced on the ground through careful design of the airplane shape. The X-59 Quesst (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-59_Quesst#Design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-59_Quesst#De...) is an experimental supersonic aircraft that reportedly reduces the sound of the sonic boom to something comparable to a 'car door closing', mostly by ensuring that different shockwaves created by different parts of the plane don't combine into a single, stronger boom. > can it be used to make non-supersonic planes quieter, too? Sadly no; the principles of design are very different for sonic booms and ordinary plane noise. For ordinary aircraft, the big causes of noise are the engines themselves and turbulence over the airframe. That being said, the problem of ordinary aircraft noise is usually limited to the areas near an airport. Sonic booms are noticed underneath the entire flight path of a supersonic aircraft, even when it's flying at altitude.