Overview of Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 (QSF18) in Galveston, Texas

NASA and partners planned and executed the Quiet Supersonic Flights 2018 (QSF18) test program in Galveston, TX. The primary goal was to successfully engage a community, unaccustomed to hearing sonic booms, in a multiweek test of quiet supersonic flights. Secondary goals included assessing community survey methods and methods for sonic boom exposure determination. This presentation provides an overview of test planning, test execution, data analysis methods, dose-response results, and lessons learned. All of these elements inform future community response testing with NASA's X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft.