That was amazing timing on the pilots behalf, and amazing on the part of physics!

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This is only in the happy channel as the pilot forgot to release his thermonuclear warhead.

>> ^Hybrid:

This is only in the happy channel as the pilot forgot to release his thermonuclear warhead.


Hehe, I was going to ask, but I'll take it from you...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'f18, jet, airplane, speed, mach 1, shock wave, halo, supersonic, fly over' to 'f18, jet, airplane, speed, mach 1, shock wave, halo, supersonic, fly over, flyby' - edited by calvados

It's not the sound barrier breaking: the sound is just the sound of the jet going by extremely fast and the shockwave comes from the vapor pressure of jet flying that low over water. Military jets are only allowed to break the sound barrier over specific areas, and definitely not over areas where there are large groups of people.

Still a cool video.

Where was the boom?

Oh wait, its another one of those videos with a low flying jet and a vapor cone. LOOK. COOL SHOCKWAVE TYPE THING AND A LOUD NOISE. I'D WAGER THATS THE SPEED OF SOUND THAT.

I think someone double rainbow'd

or nutted their pants....

>> ^dannym3141:

I think someone double rainbow'd

>> ^IronDwarf:

It's not the sound barrier breaking: the sound is just the sound of the jet going by extremely fast and the shockwave comes from the vapor pressure of jet flying that low over water. Military jets are only allowed to break the sound barrier over specific areas, and definitely not over areas where there are large groups of people.
Still a cool video.


QFT. You wouldn't hear the plane before it passed if it was anywhere NEAR Mach 1.

YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT!

militarized culture getting her fix .. fuck yeah..

>> ^Payback:

>> ^IronDwarf:
It's not the sound barrier breaking: the sound is just the sound of the jet going by extremely fast and the shockwave comes from the vapor pressure of jet flying that low over water. Military jets are only allowed to break the sound barrier over specific areas, and definitely not over areas where there are large groups of people.
Still a cool video.

QFT. You wouldn't hear the plane before it passed if it was anywhere NEAR Mach 1.


Actually, I am pretty sure you guys are wrong. That shock collar like that will only happen at transonic speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl%E2%80%93Glauert_singularity

The sound of the jet you hear as it approaches I suspect is the sound of another jet off camera, or something. FYI, for air shows, they do quite frequently accelerate past the sound barrier.

Edit: fixed wiki link

Nope. We're correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_cone

quote: "A common misconception is that this effect is the aircraft breaking the sound barrier."

>> ^juliovega914:

>> ^Payback:
>> ^IronDwarf:
It's not the sound barrier breaking: the sound is just the sound of the jet going by extremely fast and the shockwave comes from the vapor pressure of jet flying that low over water. Military jets are only allowed to break the sound barrier over specific areas, and definitely not over areas where there are large groups of people.
Still a cool video.

QFT. You wouldn't hear the plane before it passed if it was anywhere NEAR Mach 1.

Actually, I am pretty sure you guys are wrong. That shock collar like that will only happen at transonic speeds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl%E2%80%93Glauert_singularity
The sound of the jet you hear as it approaches I suspect is the sound of another jet off camera, or something. FYI, for air shows, they do quite frequently accelerate past the sound barrier.
Edit: fixed wiki link

Traveling from Southampton to New York, on the QE2, and the Captain said; "Don't be alarmed at the loud bang, it is Concorde breaking the sound barrier." It was bloody loud, yet tens of thousands of feet up. I'm pretty sure that, had this jet done the same, those people would be deafened. BTW, the Captain also said; "you may be interested to know that we are passing over the spot where Titanic sank." He was a real bundle of laughs that guy..

It sometimes bugs me when people assume a "sonic boom" only occurs when the aircraft passes into, and then out of, supersonic flight. When in fact, the boom is a pressure wave that continuously propogates along the flight path, more of a "sonic roar" and only a boom because YOU aren't moving.


(ps. this isn't a comment on anything people have said here, just anecdotal)