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Old 03-17-2004, 08:29 PM
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got this off of another board, don't know if it has been posted before...sorry if it has

no sound but good none the less

http://frank.harvard.edu/~pratheev/m...%20barrier.mpg
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Old 03-17-2004, 10:33 PM
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man, thats crazy! [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Old 03-17-2004, 11:38 PM
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can someone explain to me what is ment by 'breaking sound barrier'? does that mean to surpass the speed of sound? hasnt that been done for years now with some of the better fighter jet planes?
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^^^^^ that's exactly what that means. it's just cool to see the effect of the low pressure area behind the plane [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

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Old 03-18-2004, 12:24 AM
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never seen it actually happen before..thats pretty cool [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]
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cool!
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Old 03-18-2004, 05:02 AM
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There are pictures of the F14 in a turn where the leading edge of the wings breaks the sound barrier and you see the compression wave over the wing
That air show was off the back of an Aircraft Carrier, in international waters so the usual rules for safety (no neighbors, no other airplanes etc) are put aside but notice he didn’t fly over the crowd. It was actually quite safe, not an everyday event but its nice to have a real air show.
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Old 03-18-2004, 08:57 AM
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That would be soo cool to see...

I remember at the Winnipeg Air Show a few years back they had one of those Stealth planes...

They built it up like it was going to be this amazing show...turned out the thing flew by fast enough I could have ran faster..it sucked..

I'd love to hear sonic boom!!
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wonder if those people were wearing ear plugs?

i haven't been around a ton of planes, but at the outdoor hockey game here in edmonton, the heritage classic, between mtl and edm they had the tbirds fly over...and those things were hella loud let me tell you. But then you heard this low rumbling...and an F18 flew over...slowly by itself, and it like shook the whole stadium - it was way louder than all the tbirds put together...hella intense
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Old 03-18-2004, 01:28 PM
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I was playing provincials for baseball in Abbotsford last year while the air show was on. Planes kept flying by, then like 10 seconds later you would hear the boom...I loved it
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