Thursday, August 21, 2008

Breaking the sound barrier

The Boom happens because the plane catches up to and passes the sound it already has produced. At that point there is a collision between the vibrating air (sound) it has produced and the current sound it is making. Faster than this point, the plane arrives to strike before the warning of it's sound does.
These are actual photos of aircraft breaking the sound barrier






This phenomenon only happens at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier.

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