The£0b°t°m¡§t@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to BeWowed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agoThe moment when a navy fighter jet broke the sound barrierlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down19
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageThe moment when a navy fighter jet broke the sound barrierlemmy.dbzer0.comThe£0b°t°m¡§t@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to BeWowed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarexpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSomeone explained this to me but I may butcher it. The vapor clouds you see are actually the airflow over certain parts of the jet going transonic, the jet itself is subsonic so while it’d be extremely loud, it won’t generate a sonic boom.
Someone explained this to me but I may butcher it. The vapor clouds you see are actually the airflow over certain parts of the jet going transonic, the jet itself is subsonic so while it’d be extremely loud, it won’t generate a sonic boom.