plus-admin Report This Comment Date: November 13, 2003 11:35PM
Image of the week (thursday the 13th nov 2003) :
Every so often, just the right combination of conditions and events occur to
create an unbelievable event-in this case an F-18 passing through the sound
barrier. Not only were the water vapor, density and temperature just right, but
there just happened to be a camera in the vicinity to capture the moment. The
F-18 is actually in transonic flight, with normal shock waves emanating from
behind the canopy and across the wings and fuselage. The condition will last for
only an instant, and once supersonic flow exists completely around the aircraft,
sharp-angled sonic cones replace the normal shock waves. The odds of getting a
shot like this are staggering.
omnecron Report This Comment Date: December 05, 2003 06:31AM
i have footage of an F-15 breaking the sound barrier just as it passes the
camera..
pretty amazing shit, even more amazing now that i know how rare it is.
twonk Report This Comment Date: December 14, 2003 04:51AM
you learn something new every day eh?
goat Report This Comment Date: December 22, 2003 11:07PM
today i was hit in the head with a hammer
i've forgotten math now
Juxter Report This Comment Date: June 22, 2004 08:54AM
Actually, I think that pic was taken aboard an aircraft-carrier. They collected
a lot of reporters etc. and put them on the deck. Then flew a jet just as it
broke the sound barrier near the carrier. Pretty nice timing by the person who
took it.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: April 04, 2005 01:51AM
You can clearly see the top surface of the wing. It this picture was taken from
an aircraft-carrier then it too was at 20,000+ feet.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: April 29, 2005 01:09AM
137224 - just because you can see part of the top surface of an aircraft's
wing, does not mean you are above it. Surprisingly enough, "banking"
was invented for aircraft quite some time ago - even before the wright brothers,
or tom pearce.
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: April 29, 2005 01:09AM
137224 - just because you can see part of the top surface of an aircraft's
wing, does not mean you are above it. Surprisingly enough, "banking"
was invented for aircraft quite some time ago - even before the wright brothers,
or tom pearce.
shaDEz Report This Comment Date: September 11, 2007 07:51AM
my grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air
across the clouds I see my shadow fly
out of the corner, of my watering eye
