Shock Waves....US Navy Style

[Retread316]

Yeah baby!

 

[SkyMaxx]

Heeyyyy! Quit honing in on my thread.

Nice shots though...better than the one I had of the F-14. Supersonic jets and humid days make for awesome pictures.

 

[Hunter]

Cool

 

[Retread316]

Can't remember which ones you posted...I like the 18's better, but here's some more 14's!!

 

[Hunter]

Its starting to look like Retread has better pics then SkyMaxx

 

[Retread316]

And one more just because I can...and probably one of the coolest.

 

[Hunter]

Thats a keeper

 

[SkyMaxx]

These are nice shots...in fact very nice shots. I can honestly say that my personal stash of photos do not include such quality images. I'd have to go to the web and dig some up. I was trying to stick with shots taken by me and my buds, but I can go to some of my friends' squadron archives and dig out some better ones, if that is what the audience demands.

 

[El Pirata]

Originally posted by SkyMaxx
Nice shots though...better than the one I had of the F-14. Supersonic jets and humid days make for awesome pictures.

What make for the awsome pics?

 

[SkyMaxx]

The combination of the shock wave, generated by the supersonic flight, and the humidity present at the scene of the supersonic flight create the vapors that make the shock wave visible. If you don't have the right conditions, the shockwave goes un-noticed to the eye, but is plainly heard to the ear in the form of a sonic boom.

 

[El Pirata]

Wow, I learned 2 things today.

 

[SkyMaxx]

See, you can teach an old dog...

 

[El Pirata]

Sometimes

 

[ohstiger]

the white clouds behind them are when they break the sound bearier.

jd