Breaking the sound barrier

[Phlip]

This shit is just kinda damned cool:

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/263/image0011cx9.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/472/image0022uz4.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3549/image0033uc9.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/762/image0044zx9.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5027/image0055hh3.jpg

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/4381/image0066eb1.jpg



... makes me kinda sad that people are too pussified to allow them to break the sound barrier at a height where it is really visible and enjoyable to see at airshows.

[ALTRNTV]

Got any high-res versions?

[FaLKoN240]

Got any high-res versions?

WORD TO THAT. Did I hear tight wallpaper?

[Phlip]

No hi-res, guys, someone emailed these to me

[wootwoot]

Can these pictures be promised to be ligit?

if they were allowed to break the sound barrier at airshows I might actually go to one

[Phlip]

Went to the site in the bottom of those pics, typed "sound barrier" in the search on the left and found this guy:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1127/0696234zv1.jpg
still not SUPER huge, but bigger than the ones I posted, and there were more out there

[tknbkthrsdy4anfg]

^^^^ Pwnd! Lolololo Mfknmsglngth!

[theicecreamdan]

why does it do that?

[S13SilviaGirl]

That shit is the COOLEST Feeling EVER! Tomcats were the only ones that can break it at a level flight pattern. F/A-18' have to climb, dive and hit it as they are either going down or right as they level off.

They had an f-18 break it in Pensacola a few years back...not the 5 miles off the coast like they are supposed to and it actually broke a few windows in the homes in the area. Every once in a while they will let them 'bump' the barrier like in the 2nd pic. for airshows, but that is about it.

The second best sound/feeling/sight is them dropping bombs high order off the sides of the carrier.

[Phlip]

why does it do that?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
... I didn't feel like explaining it myself

[S13SilviaGirl]

http://www.news.navy.mil/


Search on there for pics.....

[98koukile]

I've seen the blue angels do this at Barnes AFB and they did a complete flyby with the sonic boom...
Then again we're used to planes with 3 bases near us...

[S13SilviaGirl]

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/webphoto/web_050727-N-3488C-051.jpg


My old Jet, I miss them :cry: but I dont miss the sqdn

[kouki_s14]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4gEoTF2Eng

no vapor but you hear the sonic boom, not sure if they would do it at an air show though

another one with vapor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ2pkmISOLM

[Brian]

Dude

The coolest is the very first picture
B1 Bomber.
All those other pictures are fighters.

[95Blue240sx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__JkOUheyVk

[S13SilviaGirl]

Dude

The coolest is the very first picture
B1 Bomber.
All those other pictures are fighters.


I beg to differ...the F/A-18's are fighter attack...they drop bombs too! :keke:

[illvialuver]

yeah those pictures are cool as hell.

[cotbu]

welcome to the interweb

[fromxtor]

speaking of breaking the sound barrier Phil you should come to the air show here in the fall. Oh and Lisa My F-15Es drop bombs and are still only designated a fighter.

http://webpages.charter.net/yiotta/EagleBoom.jpg

[Phlip]

welcome to the interweb
Please do me a favor:
go out and play in traffic
speaking of breaking the sound barrier Phil you should come to the air show here in the fall. Oh and Lisa My F-15Es drop bombs and are still only designated a fighter.

http://webpages.charter.net/yiotta/EagleBoom.jpg
I would not mind coming for that, but aren't you leaving next month?

[benefitx]

i do that in my car everyday

[LB.Motoring]

Heres a Video you can see It happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ2pkmISOLM

[HalveBlue]

Prandtl-Glauert singularities FTW!

Never seen one in person though.

We used to see B1's go on NOE flights when we were out in the desert doing FTXs. That and F-16 and F-22 dogfights.

Never saw/heard one going supersonic though. :-/

[Brian]

I beg to differ...the F/A-18's are fighter attack...they drop bombs too! :keke:

baahhhhh!
Lisa.


So, B1 swept wings. or whatever the term is called. I don't remember.
now THAT is cool.

Don't get me wrong, FA18 is cool as heck, but a B1 is super boss.

[louis110]

I...love...planes!

airliners.net has excellent photos. All are high quality and taken by pro photographers.

[fromxtor]

^^Phil Ill update that whole thing in the appropriate section. I will be here for the airshow.

[bboyt3nsk]

Thats crazy!
One time when the space shuttle was about to land there was a low rumble and my windows shook, I had no idea what it was but later on the news I saw it was the shuttle. Obviously Im new to Central Florida but that was damn cool.

[C. Senor]

i wanna fly a plane...thats ridiculously cool....i can hear guile right now "sonic BOOM"

[cotbu]

Please do me a favor:
go out and play in traffic
Did I hurt your butt!!!

[ALTRNTV]

Did I hurt your butt!!!
No, but I'll hurt yours. :keke:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/SR20SRT-4/famousanus.jpg

[Edcel]

That is Awesome with a CAPITAL A!

[SimpleSexy180]

No, but I'll hurt yours. :keke:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a324/SR20SRT-4/famousanus.jpg

why does that look like a penis romeo. lol! :eek:

[ALTRNTV]

You're looking at it wrong Jason. :keke:

[theicecreamdan]

so when you're going faster than mach 1 do the vapor cones keep forming randomly? Or does that only happen right as you hit it?

[exitspeed]

God that is sooo dope. I always wanted to be a pilot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/exitspeed/topgungoosemaverick.jpg

[luckyslide16]

I got a similar E-mail at my job about this. Really Really awesome stuff.

[HalveBlue]

so when you're going faster than mach 1 do the vapor cones keep forming randomly? Or does that only happen right as you hit it?

The cloud only forms under certain conditions (relatively high humidity) and lasts as long as there is enough of a pressure drop.

At least that's what wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity) tells me. :D

[Phlip]

Did I hurt your butt!!!
Perhaps you missed this at the top of EVERY section of the forum, even the ones you cannot see:
http://www.zilvia.net/f/announcement.php?f=16
... aim to be the exception, not the example.


*EDIT*
17 months is a LONG time to harbor bullshit grudges:
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?p=832208#post832208

[azndoc]

God that is sooo dope. I always wanted to be a pilot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/exitspeed/topgungoosemaverick.jpg

I just want to know who wants to ride the highway to the danger zone.

Soon my Junction Produce driving buddy teddy bear will. I know that.

[S13SilviaGirl]

Brian~
NO doubt B1's are badassery! They are SO massive and yet sleek.

Fromxtor~

I don't know much about AF jets and their designations. I do know that they do both though. Still they are bad ass too. Damn it. AF has too much money to play with.

[fromxtor]

Lisa you and Kevin are welcome to come to our airshow (if your going to be stateside then)along w/ Barry,Phil and any other NC resident. Not enough money sadly, our base had a 1 mil funding cut this past year and we still fly just about as many sorties as we previously did and are working with Jets that are 17+ years old. Our newest jet is a '90 and we pull two AEF cycles to the desert every other year.

[louis110]

Man to see things like this in pictures really does not do justice for the real life experience. I have my private pilot's license (which I rarely use because flying is so damn expensive), and I'm taking aerospace engineering (which taught me that I actually know nothing about the theory of flight, totally shaking my whole belief system). But every time I see fighters do a low pass at a show or on base, it really is inspiring and reminds me where my place on this world is.

[SochBAT]

I love faked sonic booms. I saw a vid on YouTube with a F4 flyby between 2 marine ships. C'mon now!

[xcusememisswyn]

that stuff is badass, a lot of those pics are old as hell tho. My dad (AF Lt. Colonel/Pilot) had this one (http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5027/image0055hh3.jpg) as his background like 4 years ago, and im sure the rest are similar. It doesnt really happen at shows b/c windows are broken, and the boom is HUGE! Basic airshows are loud enough, but try explaining to a whole neighborhood why they need new windows throughout their entire house. lol

[s13gold]

damn those planes are siickk fast.

you can even see by the halo cloud thing.

[cdlong]

The coolest is the very first picture
B1 Bomber.
All those other pictures are fighters.

i love that plane. we occasionally refer to it as a "big fighter," it's so damn sexy, fast, and can blow up lots of shit.

on a side note, the vapor cloud doesn't necessarily mean it's breaking the sound barrier, that can happen any time the conditions are right as stated earlier. i saw it happen at an air show when the plane was only going 4-500mph. it's just a cloud that forms in the low pressure zone created by the aircraft. pressure drops, air cools, water vapor condenses, then evaporates once the pressure normalizes. the same thing happens on top of a wing when a plane is climbing hard. but that's not as cool. sorry to burst anyone's bubble. more cool pictures!

http://www.bugimus.com/stealth/b2-0.jpg

[fromxtor]

^^ Looks like a B2 out at Edwards.

[unwed_transient]

i miss seeing the B1 out here.

that shit was the coolest ever. gotta love cold war era tech.

[TheWolf]

seeing the B2 do a flyover at daytona a few years back.. that thing is creepy.. looks purely evil.. no sound...

[S14DB]

No sound my ass. That B2 buzzed my house. Sounded like an unholy banshee going overhead. Not even like a jet engine.

[jrmiller84]

Thats crazy!
One time when the space shuttle was about to land there was a low rumble and my windows shook, I had no idea what it was but later on the news I saw it was the shuttle. Obviously Im new to Central Florida but that was damn cool.

I'm in C. Florida as well, you'll see a lot more than that. Assuming it's a clear night, you can pretty much see almost every shuttle go up from North Florida down to South Florida. Not sure about the panhandle though.

I lived about 10 miles from a base in Jacksonville, we used to sit on my roof to watch the Blue Angels. Better than dealing with the crowds!

Sonic boom!
http://www.street.fighter.free.fr/combos/guile/combo_b_b.jpg

[Project P]

I Wanna Be A Pilot Sooooo Bad...

[swiftdrift]

i do that in my car everyday

Ya my old s13 would do the same as well.

u know with all the white vapor.

... o nvm, it was just burnin oil.:keke:

cool ass pics tho! :bigok:

[Avante]

i love those tomcats. F14D super tomcats ftw!

but in the army the closest thing we have to airplanes are helicopters.

we do have planes, but...

i have no idea what they are for.

..not like my job has anything to do with things that fly, or drive.

i just make sure my grunts don't die.

haha.