Aircraft Sound Barrier Pics

crabcake

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Someone sent these pics to me via email with the description: This phenomena happens only at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier and it literally looks like the aircraft goes through a wall. Very interesting!

Not sure if it's true or not, but the pics are pretty cool! :yay:
 

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crabcake said:
Someone sent these pics to me via email with the description: This phenomena happens only at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier and it literally looks like the aircraft goes through a wall. Very interesting!

Not sure if it's true or not, but the pics are pretty cool! :yay:
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yeah that is true.......only when they break the barrier does the cloud form. pretty cool to see
 
dustin

dustin

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I've seen it happen about 50 yards from the flightdeck of the USS John F Kennedy (RIP). Pretty sweet pics :yay:
 
gwa

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the sonic boom is awesome to see. It is funny when the airwing does a airshow on the ship and the A/c has a compressor stall.
Air Boss "and coming from the fantail and an slicked F18 doing a high speed run"
A/C goes by with a tease of a cloud and a weird sound
Powerplants LPO "oh *&^%!!....again!?"
 
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tomchamp

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The Caption under that photo!

A real, unaltered photo taken over the Pacific July 7, 1999 by Ensign John Gay. The plane is an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151). The plane is approaching the speed of sound, causing a vapor cone to form around it. The image is available on a Navy website.

Wonder what his call sign is... :lmao:
 
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LooseTooth said:
I always liked this one of the B2...

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The B-2 is subsonic..so the cloud theory has nothing to do with the sound barrier, but just how much moisture is in the air!
 
LooseTooth

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tomchamp said:
The B-2 is subsonic..so the cloud theory has nothing to do with the sound barrier, but just how much moisture is in the air!
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It's a little more complicated than that. Check the link I posted above if you want to learn more :yay:
 
dustin

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well whatever the heck the explanation is its pretty cool to see that cloud around the plane. :yay:

What's next? Discussing how roller bearings create a lesser drag coeffecient within a zero gravity wind tunnel than ball bearings?
 
crabcake

crabcake

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tomchamp said:
No doubt about that! I flew in a C-130 from France to Naples, 3 1/2 Hrs
hated every minute of it, but felt somewhat safe. :yay:
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I gotcha beat! I flew from Tucson to Aviano AB in a Herc ... 3 days. And to make it a tad bit worse, it was an E model ... the oldest models flying at that time. That specific fleet had Hercs w/over 30K flying hours on 'em, and that was 9 years ago. Kinda scary to think about when you're flying over the Atlantic. :jet:
 
dustin

dustin

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crabcake said:
:nono: You know I was a zoomie. We did have seats that went horizontal for the flight, which made it a bit more tolerable. :whistle:
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you said you flew over the Atlantic :shrug:


and just what were yall doin in the horizontal seat positions...
 
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