The Speed of Sound
 

Ever see a sonic boom? That's right...I said see! Turn up the sound too...but check this out!

Sonic Boom



Can you tell I am enjoying the wonders that my new puter is affording me? Hey...I could never load a YouTube vid before! LOl!

Enjoy!

Also...a local DJ had a chance to fly with The Blue Angels.

This guy prepared for weeks to get his body ready for what he was about to experience.

Preston



I wanna do that ^^^!!!!!!!

According to the trivial fact at the end...our very own Moderatrix is breaking barriers left & right. :D

Lol ^^^^^^^

Me too!

Me too. :tongue:

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I want everyone to see this!

You wanted everyone to see happy faces bumping into each other?? :confused: :D

I have to admit, I'd never seen the "cloud like" pattern around a jet breaking the sound barrier. Amazing.

There are some spectacular shots of the wave, but it is not a function of breaking the sound barrier. Under certain conditions of humidity and temperature, an aircraft going transonic creates the classic ballerina-skirt.

There is a (doctored) photo of a WW1 fighter in a dive with the skirt. I wish I could find it again.

My next plane will be able to do three times the speed of silence.

There is a photo somewhere of Thrust SSC breaking the sound barrier on land.. an average speed of 763mph over a mile...
I found out that the gas mileage sucks though 0.04mph. That beast sucked fuel at a rate of 4.8 gallons a second!!

That ^^^ kinda makes me feel better about my Durango now!

Not if you got it up to mach one, you wouldn't...

Good way to check the wheel alignment (and brakes).