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  2. Sonic boom - Wikipedia

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    The sound of a sonic boom depends largely on the distance between the observer and the aircraft shape producing the sonic boom. A sonic boom is usually heard as a deep double "boom" as the aircraft is usually some distance away. The sound is much like that of mortar bombs, commonly used in firework displays. It is a common misconception that ...

  3. Sound barrier - Wikipedia

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    The sound barrier or sonic barrier is the large increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft first approached the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier, making faster speeds very difficult or impossible.

  4. Vapor cone - Wikipedia

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    A F/A-18F during transonic flight. A vapor cone (also known as a Mach diamond, [1] shock collar, or shock egg) is a visible cloud of condensed water that can sometimes form around an object moving at high speed through moist air, such as an aircraft flying at transonic speeds.

  5. Sonic boom in DC – live: Plane that crashed lost contact with ...

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    Businessman says ‘entire family’ was on doomed private jet. What is a sonic boom? ... ‘The air rushing over the surfaces of the aircraft will cause a sonic boom' Tuesday 6 June 2023 17:30, AP.

  6. Sonic boom in DC – live: MAGA family identified as victims of ...

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    The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. Hours later, police said rescuers had reached the site of the plane crash in a rural part of the Shenandoah ...

  7. Why sonic booms from the most powerful rocket ever built have ...

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    Sonic booms occur because an object traveling at supersonic speeds compresses the air in front of it, and the quick compression of air molecules creates a shock wave that triggers a sudden ...

  8. Anti-Concorde Project - Wikipedia

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    A sonic boom is a shock-wave, or pressure disturbance, caused by the movement of the plane through the air, much like the wave produced by the bow of a ship as it moves through water: just as the bow wave is produced for the entire journey of the ship, so the sonic shockwave occurs throughout the duration of a supersonic flight.

  9. Study: Sonic booms from SpaceX launches could cause ... - AOL

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    Nov. 26—A team of Brigham Young University researchers measuring noise levels during SpaceX's Oct. 13 Starship Super Heavy launch from Boca Chica found that associated overpressure events had ...