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Flirting with the Sound Barrier

submitted by thesnipe

1 decade 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago

F-18 at Miramar airshow flirting with sound barrier. Check out the buildup on the jet as it makes its pass.

14 Comments

The Miramar air show? Cool, I visit every year!

ant

*geek

Video added to geek channel (geek called by gold star member ant)

I miss the F-14 already....

I believe a previous jet post got into the discussion of the condensation cloud that can form at high speed; the vapor cone formation is independent and not indicative of breaching the sound barrier. I'm noting this just in case anyone was putting the two together while watching this video.

Sonic booms are too cool, by-the-way. Don't translate well onto film, however, but kinda like those flash bang mortar fireworks that just produce a thundering boom that resonates in your chest.

Local mach can exceed 1 on various parts of a subsonic aircraft.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'f18, jet, military, mach, sound' to 'f18, jet, fighter, aircraft, aerobatics, military, mach, sound barrier' - edited by kulpims

*wings

Adding video to channels (Wings) - requested by kulpims.

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This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by chicchorea.

Awarding geo321 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

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The duration of this video has been updated from unknown to 16 secs - length declared by kulpims.

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