Breaking the sound barrier

CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
edited October 22, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
Got some cool shots at the Airshow this weekend. Here is a F-18E Super Hornet at the sound barrier!

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Jeromy
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2011
    Hi Jeromy,

    You have some real nice shots here. I doubt very seriously, though, that this plane was flying anywhere near the speed of sound. Military planes are strictly forbidden to approach those speeds at low altitude....and especially at air shows. The phenomenon you see here with the vapor can, and does, happen at speeds well below the speed of sound. Again, you did get some very nice shots.

    Tom
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  • CHANDLERJACHANDLERJA Registered Users Posts: 400 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2011
    You are correct! It was .9 Mach

    This is the video of the flight I shot above.
    Still pretty cool :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fM7SUSgFj8
    Jeromy
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  • cbbrcbbr Registered Users Posts: 755 Major grins
    edited October 19, 2011
    Very cool shots!
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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2011
    You really got my attention with your thread title! Nice work.
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2011
    whether or not it was a very cool capture.
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