Cone of Vapor

A Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet does a high speed fly by producing a cone of vapor at the Luke Air Force Base air show on March 24, 2007.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• super
• hornet
• fa-18
• f-18
• vapor
• cone
• luke
• afb
• air
• show

[mofochickamo]

Yeah, it's not breaking the sound barrier. It just develops that cone at certain speeds and in certain weather conditions.

[PacisTerra]

Yeah!, us old folk remember sonic booms daily shaking the windows rattling the doors.

[krazyweeder]

gee julian123sequence idk, maybe if we look at the distance the jet covered in from one cloud to another, we could then tell how fast it was going from the video. oh i forgot WE CANT!! nothing personal btw

[StarsAndStraps4E]

Damn he was close to the sound barrier...its a shame they wont let em break it

[lockheed22]

me too

[lockheed22]

The cone occurs at what is known as the Transonic speed. It is when the nose is through the sound barrier but the tail has not passed.

There is no boom because a whole was periced through but not fully opened/closed.

[Julian123123123]

It's not breaking the sound barrier, it's no way near to it! Does it look like its doing over 700mph? No it doesn't does it?

[mcnasty5142]

thats breaking soundbarrier vaor is water

[buttspits22]

i was at that air show

[Boyracer5500]

the wing extentions let the superhornet load high g's and get more lift/stall resenstance