One category: Flying supersonic in planes ... (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images) F-18: In 2023, I flew in the back of a U.S. Navy F-18 Super Hornet with Blue Angels pilot Thomas ...

a modified version of the engine used in Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet flown by the U.S. Navy. "Running the engine, an F414-GE-100, with afterburner will allow the X-59 to meet its supersonic speed ...