It was an air show for the "tigers". At the end of some deployments you are allowed to bring guests on board to tour the carrier for a few days. They do an airshow for them during.
@ThatAdelaideGuy yes. you are correct. and I being a night checker that didnt bring a tiger, got to work all night while day check did nothing. f***ing day checkers.
That plane was doing about Mach 1.2 when he went past and considering that was an F/A 18 A or C that was even more rare because they have a top speed of Mach 1.8 to start with.. COOL
There is always one wanker in the crowd who just doesn't know enough to keep there Stupid comments to them selves..Maybe you couldn't care less what type of plane or how fast it might have been going but I bet there are some people who would like to know..
It was an F-18 and it was going, from the looks of it, just over the speed of sound. They wouldn't waste all that fuel to push it to Mach 1.8 (the F-18's max speed).
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do you know who you are talking about? the US military wastes billions of dollars a year that can't even be accounted for. a full tank in an f18 is nothing to them
Pretty sure that you have no idea wtf you're on about dhl1986. Just because they can afford a full tank, it doesn't meant that they intentionally waste it all. He's right - m1.8 wouldn't be used simply because it's going to use too much fuel, as well as make the pass quite dangerous for those on the ship.
lol u wouldnt lose ur hearing from a sonic boom, a vapor cloud appears when theres a drop in air pressure around the jet it happens at sub and supersonic speeds, this thing was definately supersonic, notice how u dont hear it till it passes the camera, thats coz sound is travelling either with or behind the jet
nah, shattering glass is definitely possible from sound barrier breakage.
wiki defines it in detail. apparently it has a a lot to do with the shape of the plane, and the cone-shaped area that emits the strongest impact of the shockwave.
not true, it's super loud but not to the point where you're going to start bleeding out the ears or something. I've been at a military air show with a supersonic flyby and it is insanely loud, but not that much different than just shooting a handgun without ear plugs or something like that. It hurts but not to the point of destroying your ears from that one time.
allright guys im gonna tell you how he did it. he climbed to about 35000 feet and dove. he was already supersonic before he got to the boat. he was going around mach 1.2
just beacuse you heard the sound when it passed by that doesn't mean it was a sonic boom a sonic boom would scare the shit out of you so freakin loud but it was about 600 or 650 miles er hour it was close to a sonic boom plus weres the white cloud of vapor.
ur a dumb ass fuck arent you? the white vapor cloud is just the pressure...its already well past the speed of sound. also if it wasn't over the speed of sound why did the plane go over and the sound did 1.5 seconds later???
but i was talking to you. and i am definitly not a "nigga". so go be stupid like the rest of american children and listen to your "gangsta" rap music. oh and you said something about how you got into the 9th grade? they basically let you in and after that it all counts. tell me, did you make it to 10th grade?
i just notice there is thanks for handling things nicely last time some person called me a dumbass but i studied sonic booms and this is one of them i heard it to i always thought you had to see the vapor cloud of air molecules in order to see it
the vapor cloud only happens when the aircraft actually breaks the sound barrier. the very moment of it actually. its called a transonic cloud. this jet was already supersonic when it went by
sonic boom does not just happen at the moment when something passes through the sound barrier.
that bunching up of sound you describe is basically all a sonic boom is. It's not a magical explosion that happens when something accelerates past Mach 1.
Actually that wasn't a sonic boom. The plane was already traveling above mach 1 so the plane flies by, then you here the sound it makes. Quite cool I think.
yeah oke. but you always hear the sonic boom when he passes. couse you can't hear him at all when he approaches. when he is already passed you hear the sound.
Actually no. You only hear a sonic boom when a plane accelerates from subsonic speeds (below the speed of sound) to supersonic speeds (above the speed of sound). When a plane already traveling faster than the speed of sound passes, there is no sonic boom. Just silence followed by the plane's sound after it passes.
(Don't worry about your english. It's good enough)
Its impossible to fly mach 2 that close to the ground the top speed of this aircraft at SEA LEVEL is only 1.6 mach and my guess he was going as fast as he culd on that pass
StySho168 is right the speed of sound is actally mach 1.0 which is 770 miles per hour and if you want to learn more about the speed of sound go look at wikipedia
761.2MPH, at Sea Level, standard day. Exceeding Mach 1 produces two shock waves, which are heard as a double bang...strangely absent in this video. At the range this aircraft was to the spectators, it not only would have permanently damaged ears, but could possibly have caused bodily injuries as well. Has anybody ever seen what a supersonic F-111 on the deck does to a saguaro cactus? It pretty much turns it into something which might work well in a salsa. :)
Damn, you know of any video of that F-111? Id like to see that!! You are right though, a real sonic boom at that altitude and range, would indeed bust eardrums, and the windows in the carriers superstructure! No matter, that dude was a movin regaurdless!!
It was an Air Force training video from the early 70's. My dad was one of the people involved in making that video. It may very well be on YouTube somewhere, but I wouldn't know where to even BEGIN to look.
At different altitudes and air densities, sound travels at different speeds. For the most part, 720mph is considered mach 1 at 500 feet, but at ground level it can be as low as 650mph (depending on air density and humidity.)
"The United States, of course, is the sole state with preeminence in every domain of power — economic, military, diplomatic, ideological, technological, and cultural — with the reach and capabilities to promote its interests in virtually every part of the world."
It already is. There are ups and there are downs but actually this time it could develop into a full blown depression! And what always happens to end a depression?
was back in WWII. We saved even yer arses then. There just aren't any worthy opponents left anymore. C'mon once the cold war ended war is just a sideline... Right?
aha usa lost in Vietnam, an embarrassing defeat, i was wikipedia and was researching it and found out that the usa lost like over 500 aircraft, they spent 150 billion dollars on that war, it nearly sent them broke! i reckon china has the super power now.. its all in numbers mate!
If you want to be silly then be my guest from down under but... We didn't lose in Korea, we did not 'lose' in nam we quit and as for China you've GOT to be kidding. Please do not embarrass your self by calling China a super anything! Sheesh It will never be half of what the old Soviet Union was and never will be! Read some history, China gets invaded and dominated, they don't want to lose their sales contracts with Wal-Mart! Don't you Aussies always come to the wars we start anyway?
lol exactly, you quit, you lost!! the Americans retreated licking there wounds. well yeah your right America is a super power, but still its in a recession, no one can afford to keep their houses anymore.. Australia on the other hand, we're doing fine, yes we do go to your wars because is Australia is becoming more an more americanized, just like every other English speaking race.
If you even THINK the richest country on earth is in the situation of "no one can afford to keep their houses anymore" I'd wonder what blend of propaganda it is that you are being fed. Oh and yes Australia is a first world nation specifically because it is like America, with all the foibles that go along with it. If it weren't for British colonization Australia would be a 'least developed country' filled with Aborigines!
As it is ya got about 22 million people, hell that's less than Iraq fer Christ's sake! shush up that down under muttering and let the big boys on the top of the world get on about the business of running things... heh heh
Poyter789, are you REALLY that ignorant of your own history? Australian troops fought in VietNam also, so I guess your country retreated, licking their wounds as well. Korea was a win for the US. The DPRK tried to "reunify" Korea, with the help of Communist China and the Soviet Union...and they failed...end of story.
Nice to see a "real" sonic boom vid on YouTube. There are so many vids of planes on the cusp of breaking the sound barrier (a pressure induced vapor cone does not mean you've crossed over the sound barrier, just that you're running on the edge of mach 1, 300 feet above sea level in humid conditions) Thnx for the post.
I have to believe the sound is out of sync on this video. You'd expect to hear the boom after the plane goes by, but not THAT long after. By the time you year the sound, it is at least twice as far away as it was when it passed you, which means it would be going Mach 2.
I don't believe you. It's a full second between the plane passing you and the sound arriving. Sound at sea level travels about 1100 ft/s, and that plane wasn't 1100 feet away.
watch closely im at the "crotch" of the ship and by the time the you hear the sound he is at the bow so its maybe 500-550 feet. so its not that far. jet was supersonic but only about mach 1.2, f18's can only go about mach 1.8 and that is pushing it.
Navydude, thanks for the vid, but that Hornet is not supersonic. At that range, a sonic boom would have sent all of you to sick bay with ruptured eardrums. ;)
Wrong frequency? LOL! Its actually, EXACTLY, the right frequency to do exactly that. This is why the true sound of a sonic boom has RARELY been captured on a recording device. Its something that is felt more than heard. You've been close or closer to high-speed, subsonic passes, guy. If you HAD been close or closer to a supersonic pass, you'd know it...and you'd probably be reading lips. ;)
For real!! I had the experience of hearing a sonic boom as a kid, of course it was from a long distance, and we never actually seen an aircraft. It was in the news paper of my hometown about it. It was compared to a quick clap of thunder...but on a clear day. Come to find out, a military jet en route from one base to another, not sure which bases, but upon investigation the pilot of a F-16 doing manuvers somewhere in IL was tryin to "catch up" with the rest of his flight he reported!
Yup. I heard them all the time as a kid, since my dad was assigned to an F-111 squadron. A couple of times they were supersonic near town, and shortly after you'd see some poor shop-keeper outside with a broom sweeping shattered glass from his storefront windows of the sidewalk. The AF always reimbursed them for those accidental overspeeds. I heard them many more times as an adult while TDY at Edwards AFB.
The most impressive was the sonic boom from the Space Shuttle after reentry. So high up you could rarely see it, but the boom STILL made you jump and just about ripped your ears off.
Yes ALWAYS 2... one when the nose of the plane breaks the barrier and the 2nd one when it passes over the tail of the airplane. It's a fact.. look it up in the Library of Congress.
oh my fuck yeah
andydeehsv 1 week ago
so cool i turned this up on to full blast on the speakers and BOOM every body was like WHAT WAS THAT!
DeltaEcho85 1 month ago
@DeltaEcho85 dude good idea!
ch023855 1 week ago
Was that actually full of passengers and a real cruise? If it is i wonder how there doing :P
XxUpliftingTranc3xX 9 months ago
@XxUpliftingTranc3xX it is a tiger cruise from hawaii to the main land
yoyoyoyoshua 4 months ago
wow that was quick
jordyboy321 1 year ago
@nascarrelic
It was an air show for the "tigers". At the end of some deployments you are allowed to bring guests on board to tour the carrier for a few days. They do an airshow for them during.
navydude0985 1 year ago
@navydude0985 The Tiger Cruise is the journey from Hawaii to the Main Land
ThatAdelaideGuy 9 months ago
@ThatAdelaideGuy yes. you are correct. and I being a night checker that didnt bring a tiger, got to work all night while day check did nothing. f***ing day checkers.
navydude0985 8 months ago
@navydude0985 Hated Tiger cruises. Bunch of goobers just making the chow lines 10x as long.
roosterinboro 2 months ago
That reminds me of last night, fast but there was a boom, alright! :|
TERRANCIO 1 year ago
@TERRANCIO yeah, the boom was her leavin
yoyoyoyoshua 4 months ago
@yoyoyoyoshua Its more fun if i think you spent a whole year thinking of a come back... lol
TERRANCIO 4 months ago
that bitch went fast
vett3l0l 1 year ago
i dont get it.. is that like when it goes to a special faster speed or all the time?
dragonyang1 2 years ago
@dragonyang1
When it gets to super sonic the air can't move out the way fast enuff and when the fighter brake's through you get that boom (sonic boom)
fedantony 1 year ago
Wfat ship was this
panamcunard 2 years ago
it was the uss abraham lincoln
navydude0985 1 year ago
The Hornets computers does some of the work making it go into supersonic. My navy buddy says so too.
sikorsky158 2 years ago
thats awesome he was about 700 mph i think... here in my town 2 planes f12 passed my windows almost exploded... oO
daratnhan 2 years ago
I heard the pilot did a "mach 2" in his pants.
Blancoboy605 2 years ago 5
Jets! The greatest invention of all time!!
BNSFFREAK747 2 years ago
ÜFF
djtiestto 2 years ago
my ski-doo can do a supersonic boom!
SuperHypercam 2 years ago
WOAH!!!!
podmizje 2 years ago
cool :)
MOHSENzoom 2 years ago 3
SHIT! Wish it was in ultra high quality :(
Jamirofan89 2 years ago
wew, now that was fast!
janzkalky 3 years ago
that thing came outta nowere!
gDisk12 3 years ago
hoooooooooollllllllllllyyyyyyy shit was he movin
zeek997733 3 years ago
OUTSTANDING!!!
Julzaahh 3 years ago
looks like old sound needs to lose a few pounds.
fwayndo1 3 years ago 4
haha sound was like "WTF wait up!"
pimpilitous 3 years ago 33
that wuz funny az hell
biggbossman24 3 years ago 4
hahahaha yeahh
BigBuckYEAH 3 years ago 3
@pimpilitous lmao!
hawx26 1 year ago
That plane was doing about Mach 1.2 when he went past and considering that was an F/A 18 A or C that was even more rare because they have a top speed of Mach 1.8 to start with.. COOL
vince38curious2 3 years ago
no one arsed about what type or speed the plane was
ilovestepht 3 years ago
There is always one wanker in the crowd who just doesn't know enough to keep there Stupid comments to them selves..Maybe you couldn't care less what type of plane or how fast it might have been going but I bet there are some people who would like to know..
vince38curious2 3 years ago 17
It was an F-18 and it was going, from the looks of it, just over the speed of sound. They wouldn't waste all that fuel to push it to Mach 1.8 (the F-18's max speed).
solidsnake1298 2 years ago
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do you know who you are talking about? the US military wastes billions of dollars a year that can't even be accounted for. a full tank in an f18 is nothing to them
dhl1986 2 years ago
Pretty sure that you have no idea wtf you're on about dhl1986. Just because they can afford a full tank, it doesn't meant that they intentionally waste it all. He's right - m1.8 wouldn't be used simply because it's going to use too much fuel, as well as make the pass quite dangerous for those on the ship.
TonyDog360 2 years ago
he was going about mach 1 because he didnt flash by
lance9200 2 years ago
was that the Kennedy? If so i was on that ship when it happened
worldwar2player 3 years ago
Jplayre is right that's why they never break it with anybody around. Permanent Ear damage is for real with vicinity sonic booms.
zerstoren46 3 years ago
lol u wouldnt lose ur hearing from a sonic boom, a vapor cloud appears when theres a drop in air pressure around the jet it happens at sub and supersonic speeds, this thing was definately supersonic, notice how u dont hear it till it passes the camera, thats coz sound is travelling either with or behind the jet
mmbbz 3 years ago
well i believ they all were wearing there helmets with the soundproof earcups
zeek997733 3 years ago
nah, shattering glass is definitely possible from sound barrier breakage.
wiki defines it in detail. apparently it has a a lot to do with the shape of the plane, and the cone-shaped area that emits the strongest impact of the shockwave.
visualkei72 3 years ago
if a jet broke the sound barriar that close all those ppl would have lost their hearing
Jplayre927 3 years ago
It didn't break it in front of them, it did far away. The pilot isn't dumb, he was already over the sound barrier when he passed.
aralm23 3 years ago
not true, it's super loud but not to the point where you're going to start bleeding out the ears or something. I've been at a military air show with a supersonic flyby and it is insanely loud, but not that much different than just shooting a handgun without ear plugs or something like that. It hurts but not to the point of destroying your ears from that one time.
jacobssandy 3 years ago 4
actually, depending on certain conditions, breaking the sound barrier can shatter glass.
i don't know the exact conditions, but it's detailed in the USA's noise pollution dialog.
it may depend on the rate of speed the sound barrier is broken at.
visualkei72 3 years ago
i blinked when the plane came
jblunamario 3 years ago
You're Correct man, I Study The Jets Aloooooot and You're Right
AUSTIN17799 3 years ago
allright guys im gonna tell you how he did it. he climbed to about 35000 feet and dove. he was already supersonic before he got to the boat. he was going around mach 1.2
navydude0985 3 years ago
no way , he is doing close to 1100 mph
mrjugger 3 years ago
wayyyyy faster than mach 1.2, the F-16 cant go more than mach 2,cant go speed of sound
Legendary588 3 years ago
yes it can the f-16 can
blakeblake321 3 years ago
@navydude0985 i thought it was common knowledge to know when you hear a jet go past after it did, the jet was moving faster than sound.
ch023855 1 week ago
We should show this video to the rainbow conspiracy lady. She would think that the U.S. military is using alien technology.
solidsnake1298 3 years ago
1.4 is 1400 and thats easly doing that
melfiire 3 years ago
f 18 superhornet cant go that fast its top speed is about 1200 mph and mach 1.4 is not 1400 mph lol
ImprovedAtom 3 years ago
whats the fastet ever?
runescapevides 3 years ago
Holly Crap....Nice...!!!
jonnymichel94 3 years ago
just for shits nd giggles the German word for this is: Überschallgeschwindigkeitsflugzeug! :D
coolbluelights 3 years ago
Wow!! That was nice!!!
rgvwingchun 3 years ago
he just comes outa no wear lol
pigofdoom0 3 years ago
That's the way to fly. Leave all sounds you make one second behind you.
Ciuperciuc 3 years ago 3
And say that they want to make a technologie that passes the light speed ...
Egyptian2k9 3 years ago
ppl stfu stop wasteing your time replying to my comment everyone has ther opinion okay
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago 2
lol
TheZitFaceKiller 3 years ago
just beacuse you heard the sound when it passed by that doesn't mean it was a sonic boom a sonic boom would scare the shit out of you so freakin loud but it was about 600 or 650 miles er hour it was close to a sonic boom plus weres the white cloud of vapor.
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago
ur a dumb ass fuck arent you? the white vapor cloud is just the pressure...its already well past the speed of sound. also if it wasn't over the speed of sound why did the plane go over and the sound did 1.5 seconds later???
michaelmyers1993 3 years ago
u need to chill and stop callin anyone a dumbass fuck ight damn niggas these days got to much junk i wasn't talkin to you
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago
but i was talking to you. and i am definitly not a "nigga". so go be stupid like the rest of american children and listen to your "gangsta" rap music. oh and you said something about how you got into the 9th grade? they basically let you in and after that it all counts. tell me, did you make it to 10th grade?
michaelmyers1993 3 years ago
we dont all listen to nigger rap you fucking idiot
dp0Garfield 3 years ago
You don't listen to MC Hammer?
Ciuperciuc 3 years ago
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u need the vapor to be a sonic boom u stupid shit u should feel real like a dumb ass right now
SHAWEAGLEBOI 3 years ago
look no need for negative comments
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago
Maybe It Hit The Sound Barrier BEFORE It Flew By
feelgoodinc6 3 years ago
yes it did.. but only when the air humidity is high the vapor is visible. that's not all times..
if i've bad spelling, Sorry I'm from the Netherlands xD
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
RIGHT!!!!
Very good!
lamicodelcugino 3 years ago
You are wrong, there is a sonic boom in the video.
roflcoptered 3 years ago
i just notice there is thanks for handling things nicely last time some person called me a dumbass but i studied sonic booms and this is one of them i heard it to i always thought you had to see the vapor cloud of air molecules in order to see it
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago
the vapor cloud only happens when the aircraft actually breaks the sound barrier. the very moment of it actually. its called a transonic cloud. this jet was already supersonic when it went by
navydude0985 3 years ago
oh i see well it didnt look so fast XD
Yoshi1x8 3 years ago
were the heck do you hear a sonic boom???
the real sonic boom happens as it passes through the sound barrier.
the sound you heard was all of the sound put together because it cant keep up with that f-18, thats why it was loud, not a sonic boom
Legendary588 3 years ago
It was Already flying the speed of sound/
only in some comments there is said that it's a sonic boom.
but the video says it's a Supersonic Flyby.
and yes it is a supersonic flyby.
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
sonic boom does not just happen at the moment when something passes through the sound barrier.
that bunching up of sound you describe is basically all a sonic boom is. It's not a magical explosion that happens when something accelerates past Mach 1.
JohnnyGeologist 3 years ago
DAAAMN...could you imagine piloting that thing ^_^ I love it how you dont even see em or hear em coming until they pass you
Smokie181 3 years ago
How fast was that?
petercech12 3 years ago
Something like Mach 1.4 (1036MPH) ;-)
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
Wtf no its about 900 mph 1000 mph is 1.6 mach
iamcool01406422297 3 years ago
thats well loud
doubtfuldjs 3 years ago
Two words : HOLY SHIT
TinyHorne 3 years ago
Very nice Luck you
BAeGIBSON 3 years ago
WOW this is the best sonic boom i've ever heard on youtube. almost like in real life!
excelent!!
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
Actually that wasn't a sonic boom. The plane was already traveling above mach 1 so the plane flies by, then you here the sound it makes. Quite cool I think.
ACDCROCKS135 3 years ago
yeah oke. but you always hear the sonic boom when he passes. couse you can't hear him at all when he approaches. when he is already passed you hear the sound.
(sorry for bad english. I'm from holland)
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
Actually no. You only hear a sonic boom when a plane accelerates from subsonic speeds (below the speed of sound) to supersonic speeds (above the speed of sound). When a plane already traveling faster than the speed of sound passes, there is no sonic boom. Just silence followed by the plane's sound after it passes.
(Don't worry about your english. It's good enough)
ACDCROCKS135 3 years ago
thaank you for the info;)
keep learning all the time :-D
peace
jeffreyklm 3 years ago
*sigh* Wish I joined the RAF now.
OCquattro 3 years ago
aw shit. that looks like mach 2 to me
keneke45 3 years ago
Its impossible to fly mach 2 that close to the ground the top speed of this aircraft at SEA LEVEL is only 1.6 mach and my guess he was going as fast as he culd on that pass
iamcool01406422297 3 years ago
not if you dive into the speed.
keneke45 3 years ago 3
ooouuhh shit, this F/A-18 is damn fast!!!!!!
DerReclaimer117 3 years ago
This looks much faster than Mach 1.
dustindiamond1 3 years ago
this is ghost rider requesting fly by.
trkr27 3 years ago
negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.
dont do it mav.
lets turn and burn! b00m
michaelmyers1993 3 years ago
goodness gracious GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!
trkr27 3 years ago 2
it's like when the millenium falcon blasting into hyper space
Gildiaswise 3 years ago
Who gets to pay for their hearing aids?
largefallingicicles 3 years ago
holy shit, that was amazingly fast
Filbob21 3 years ago
It makes my hair tingle
Oengus85 4 years ago
lOl i know it isnt now its the sr-71 blackbird!
lovemehatemeLOLZ 4 years ago
stop shaking the damn camera so much idiot
bigzipper 4 years ago
OMFG thats a fats jet
what i want too know if it is the fastest aircraft (exept the sshuttle) in the world
seems like it since the whole entire jet was fastr then the sound by like 3 seconds amazing!
lovemehatemeLOLZ 4 years ago
i would want to be the pilot it be most funnest bit
melfiire 4 years ago
lol, that cruise they are on, is an aircraft carrier.
acherasover 4 years ago
haha funny idiot... its called "cruise" when you stay at a steady airspeed.. like cruise control for cars smart ass...
XxandrewjvxX 4 years ago
Wow with the hate. My fucking bad for misreading the title. Way to be an egotistical prick.
acherasover 4 years ago
StySho168 is right the speed of sound is actally mach 1.0 which is 770 miles per hour and if you want to learn more about the speed of sound go look at wikipedia
Dnab55 4 years ago
761.2MPH, at Sea Level, standard day. Exceeding Mach 1 produces two shock waves, which are heard as a double bang...strangely absent in this video. At the range this aircraft was to the spectators, it not only would have permanently damaged ears, but could possibly have caused bodily injuries as well. Has anybody ever seen what a supersonic F-111 on the deck does to a saguaro cactus? It pretty much turns it into something which might work well in a salsa. :)
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
Damn, you know of any video of that F-111? Id like to see that!! You are right though, a real sonic boom at that altitude and range, would indeed bust eardrums, and the windows in the carriers superstructure! No matter, that dude was a movin regaurdless!!
zdierkes 4 years ago
It was an Air Force training video from the early 70's. My dad was one of the people involved in making that video. It may very well be on YouTube somewhere, but I wouldn't know where to even BEGIN to look.
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
good god i wouldnt wanna be the pilot lol
Logical19 4 years ago
Damn I would!
cartman204 4 years ago
how fast do u go when you break the sound barrier?
gerbain87 4 years ago
I believe once you hit M1.0
StySho168 4 years ago
isnt that like called mock 1 or something?
gerbain87 4 years ago
mach 1 ya
g0ni 4 years ago
At different altitudes and air densities, sound travels at different speeds. For the most part, 720mph is considered mach 1 at 500 feet, but at ground level it can be as low as 650mph (depending on air density and humidity.)
crispycritterz 4 years ago
Yup, it depends greatly on DA, density altitude...and air temperature is the biggest factor in determining the speed of sound.
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
awesome
SAVAGEPAIN 4 years ago
"The United States, of course, is the sole state with preeminence in every domain of power — economic, military, diplomatic, ideological, technological, and cultural — with the reach and capabilities to promote its interests in virtually every part of the world."
Winky395 4 years ago
too bad the united states economy is going into a recession
poyter789 4 years ago
It already is. There are ups and there are downs but actually this time it could develop into a full blown depression! And what always happens to end a depression?
Winky395 4 years ago
a war, that'll boost your economy
poyter789 4 years ago
ha ha ha yeah
nah the last time the US was in a real war
was back in WWII. We saved even yer arses then. There just aren't any worthy opponents left anymore. C'mon once the cold war ended war is just a sideline... Right?
Winky395 4 years ago
aha usa lost in Vietnam, an embarrassing defeat, i was wikipedia and was researching it and found out that the usa lost like over 500 aircraft, they spent 150 billion dollars on that war, it nearly sent them broke! i reckon china has the super power now.. its all in numbers mate!
poyter789 4 years ago
If you want to be silly then be my guest from down under but... We didn't lose in Korea, we did not 'lose' in nam we quit and as for China you've GOT to be kidding. Please do not embarrass your self by calling China a super anything! Sheesh It will never be half of what the old Soviet Union was and never will be! Read some history, China gets invaded and dominated, they don't want to lose their sales contracts with Wal-Mart! Don't you Aussies always come to the wars we start anyway?
Winky395 4 years ago
lol exactly, you quit, you lost!! the Americans retreated licking there wounds. well yeah your right America is a super power, but still its in a recession, no one can afford to keep their houses anymore.. Australia on the other hand, we're doing fine, yes we do go to your wars because is Australia is becoming more an more americanized, just like every other English speaking race.
poyter789 4 years ago
If you even THINK the richest country on earth is in the situation of "no one can afford to keep their houses anymore" I'd wonder what blend of propaganda it is that you are being fed. Oh and yes Australia is a first world nation specifically because it is like America, with all the foibles that go along with it. If it weren't for British colonization Australia would be a 'least developed country' filled with Aborigines!
Winky395 4 years ago
As it is ya got about 22 million people, hell that's less than Iraq fer Christ's sake! shush up that down under muttering and let the big boys on the top of the world get on about the business of running things... heh heh
Winky395 4 years ago
Poyter789, are you REALLY that ignorant of your own history? Australian troops fought in VietNam also, so I guess your country retreated, licking their wounds as well. Korea was a win for the US. The DPRK tried to "reunify" Korea, with the help of Communist China and the Soviet Union...and they failed...end of story.
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
We lost more aircraft to SAMs and AA. We had a TEN to ONE ratio for shooting down MiGs in Vietnam. Win or Lose, USA will fuck you up.
PoignantFeticide 4 years ago
@poyter789 And thanks to this plane, its economical.
sikorsky158 2 years ago
If the jet was traveling at 770.00 mph and the speed of sound in about 762 mph then you will not here the jet blast until the jet has passed you by.
paulster100 4 years ago
plane gets past them before you hear it
DjHopies07 4 years ago
Dang!
mrcuboid 4 years ago 3
that waz fast
tututuk 4 years ago
Nice to see a "real" sonic boom vid on YouTube. There are so many vids of planes on the cusp of breaking the sound barrier (a pressure induced vapor cone does not mean you've crossed over the sound barrier, just that you're running on the edge of mach 1, 300 feet above sea level in humid conditions) Thnx for the post.
tarheelbred04 4 years ago
wonder if they even have nitrous in these babes!!!!
Naturepheonix 4 years ago
There are nitrous on these planes. Just that they are called AFTERBURNERS!
zedextreme8177 4 years ago
oh thanks
Naturepheonix 4 years ago
So fast. I love it. Thats unbelievable.
seanaudi13 4 years ago
I have to believe the sound is out of sync on this video. You'd expect to hear the boom after the plane goes by, but not THAT long after. By the time you year the sound, it is at least twice as far away as it was when it passed you, which means it would be going Mach 2.
machalot 4 years ago
nah dude its real time the jet is just going fast i was there believe me
navydude0985 4 years ago
I don't believe you. It's a full second between the plane passing you and the sound arriving. Sound at sea level travels about 1100 ft/s, and that plane wasn't 1100 feet away.
maxflame 4 years ago
watch closely im at the "crotch" of the ship and by the time the you hear the sound he is at the bow so its maybe 500-550 feet. so its not that far. jet was supersonic but only about mach 1.2, f18's can only go about mach 1.8 and that is pushing it.
navydude0985 4 years ago
Navydude, thanks for the vid, but that Hornet is not supersonic. At that range, a sonic boom would have sent all of you to sick bay with ruptured eardrums. ;)
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
ur wrong
navydude0985 4 years ago
Sorry guy but your wrong....I've been as close or closer than that to dozens of them. Wrong frequency to burst the ear drum in an open space.
jbs1976 4 years ago
Wrong frequency? LOL! Its actually, EXACTLY, the right frequency to do exactly that. This is why the true sound of a sonic boom has RARELY been captured on a recording device. Its something that is felt more than heard. You've been close or closer to high-speed, subsonic passes, guy. If you HAD been close or closer to a supersonic pass, you'd know it...and you'd probably be reading lips. ;)
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
For real!! I had the experience of hearing a sonic boom as a kid, of course it was from a long distance, and we never actually seen an aircraft. It was in the news paper of my hometown about it. It was compared to a quick clap of thunder...but on a clear day. Come to find out, a military jet en route from one base to another, not sure which bases, but upon investigation the pilot of a F-16 doing manuvers somewhere in IL was tryin to "catch up" with the rest of his flight he reported!
zdierkes 4 years ago
Yup. I heard them all the time as a kid, since my dad was assigned to an F-111 squadron. A couple of times they were supersonic near town, and shortly after you'd see some poor shop-keeper outside with a broom sweeping shattered glass from his storefront windows of the sidewalk. The AF always reimbursed them for those accidental overspeeds. I heard them many more times as an adult while TDY at Edwards AFB.
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
The most impressive was the sonic boom from the Space Shuttle after reentry. So high up you could rarely see it, but the boom STILL made you jump and just about ripped your ears off.
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
Interesting info, thanks
zdierkes 4 years ago
You actually get two booms with the shuttle which is even scarier
JakeAndJared 4 years ago
Jake, you get two booms with every sonic boom actually. ;)
A2ZNP1971K 4 years ago
not always
millsathn 3 years ago
Yes, always. ;)
A2ZNP1971K 3 years ago
Yes ALWAYS 2... one when the nose of the plane breaks the barrier and the 2nd one when it passes over the tail of the airplane. It's a fact.. look it up in the Library of Congress.
TomHarkins 3 years ago
not all planes have a tail
millsathn 3 years ago