ThǝLobotoʍi$T@lemmy.worldM to BeWowed@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe moment when a navy fighter jet broke the sound barrierlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1269arrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1254arrow-down1imageThe moment when a navy fighter jet broke the sound barrierlemmy.worldThǝLobotoʍi$T@lemmy.worldM to BeWowed@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBut then that means what we see has nothing to do with breaking the speed of sound. So is the only relation between the distortion and breaking the sound barrier the fact that one needs to be quite fast for both?
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYes, in the sense that you already get a weaker version of this effect below the sound barrier. You don’t need to break it to see them.
But then that means what we see has nothing to do with breaking the speed of sound. So is the only relation between the distortion and breaking the sound barrier the fact that one needs to be quite fast for both?
Yes, in the sense that you already get a weaker version of this effect below the sound barrier. You don’t need to break it to see them.