Navy fighter jet photographed while breaking the sound barrier (by CamdenThrasher)

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image showing Navy fighter jet photographed while breaking the sound barrier (by CamdenThrasher)

No_Perspective4638 on August 8th, 2021 at 09:48 UTC »

excuse me but how the fuck did you get a camera with a fast enough shutter speed for thjs

madmart07 on August 8th, 2021 at 10:14 UTC »

If I bring the phone close to my ears I can almost hear it

Otterfan on August 8th, 2021 at 13:46 UTC »

This photo was taken last week at the Oshkosh Air Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Here's an illuminating quote from /u/Dilong-paradoxus when the full version of this photo was posted in /r/shockwaveporn:

This aircraft is transonic, not supersonic, which you can tell by the angle/location of the shocks and the fact that it's at an airshow. At transonic speeds the aircraft is not moving through the air faster than sound, but airflow has to locally exceed the speed of sound to navigate around parts of the aircraft like the wings (especially the tops), control surfaces, and other protrusions.

An aircraft in fully supersonic flight will typically have large shocks at the nose and tail (causing the double boom often heard) as well as a number of minor shocks caused by different parts of the shape, especially where the cross-sectional area changes.

BTW, it looks like we should stop cross-posting this to /r/shockwaveporn now.