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  2. 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.

  3. ThrustSSC - Wikipedia

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    This is the first time in history that a land vehicle has exceeded the speed of sound. The new records are as follows: Flying mile 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph) Flying kilometre 1,223.657 km/h (760.345 mph) In setting the record, the sound barrier was broken in both the north and south runs. Paris, 11 November 1997.

  4. Supersonic speed - Wikipedia

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    The sound source will pass by a stationary observer before the observer actually hears the sound it creates. Conical shockwave with its hyperbola-shaped ground contact zone in yellow However, in practical applications, a supersonic aircraft must operate stably in both subsonic and supersonic profiles, hence aerodynamic design is more complex.

  5. 11 photos of America's fighter jets breaking the sound barrier

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    At a speed of about 767 miles per hour, depending on temperature and humidity, a moving object will break the sound barrier. It was not until World War II, when aircraft started to reach the ...

  6. Speed of sound - Wikipedia

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    Sound passes through the system by compressing and expanding the springs, transmitting the acoustic energy to neighboring spheres. This helps transmit the energy in-turn to the neighboring sphere's springs (bonds), and so on. The speed of sound through the model depends on the stiffness/rigidity of the springs, and the mass of the spheres. As ...

  7. Transonic - Wikipedia

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    Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at a speed that generates regions of both subsonic and supersonic airflow around that object. [1] The exact range of speeds depends on the object's critical Mach number, but transonic flow is seen at flight speeds close to the speed of sound (343 m/s at sea level), typically between Mach 0.8 and 1.2.

  8. Andy Green (RAF officer) - Wikipedia

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    Green is the current holder of the world land speed record, and the only person ever to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, US, reaching a speed of 714.144 miles per hour (1,149.303 km/h).

  9. 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 ...