Breaking the sound barrier in pics.

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In the first pic, the Jet has a Mohawk... :)

Great pics Jaros... There are plenty of Crazy vids on youtube of Jets breaking the sound barrier....

Love low level flying.... Balls of Steel these guys...
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/9R25HOD3Ds0[/video]
Im pretty sure in the above video, the last one is of a Jet (F1-11?) that landed gearless at Amberley a few years ago...

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/kfVwwiCLS5k[/video]

LW
 
The planes themselves don't necessarily have to be above the sound barrier in order to generate those 'tutus'. even if the plane itself is subsonic part of the air that is being displaced by the fuselage will go supersonic and cause a pressure drop which will cause localised condensation in the supersonic area, thereby forming the tutu.
 
That Concord was Loud even when it was not breaking the sound barrier, It use to fly over my house every morning around 10:30 in the morning, and I mean seriously Loud, They were not allowed to open it up until it was over the coastline and up high. :eek:
 
LoneWolf said:
In the first pic, the Jet has a Mohawk... :)

Great pics Jaros... There are plenty of Crazy vids on youtube of Jets breaking the sound barrier....

Love low level flying.... Balls of Steel these guys...
[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/9R25HOD3Ds0[/video]
Im pretty sure in the above video, the last one is of a Jet (F1-11?) that landed gearless at Amberley a few years ago...

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/kfVwwiCLS5k[/video]

LW

You are correct, that was the F111 that belly flopped after the gear refused to do as it was instructed. Sadly all 23 F111's are now doing sterling duty as landfill near Ipswich in Queensland. Others are around the country after having been donated to various museums and such. Australia was the only country outside of the U.S. to operate the F111. Some were operated out of the U.K. but that was by the U.S.A.F.
 

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