SONIC BOOM.(Brief Article)

From: Science World | Date: October 18, 1999| Author: Vilar, Miguel | Copyright information

No, this isn't a jet passing gas. It's what happens when an F/A-18 Hornet hits mach 1, the speed of sound in air--1,200 km (750 mi) per hour. "What you see is the effect of a shock wave" explains Nikos Mourtos, engineer at San Jose State University in California. As a speeding jet catches up with its own sound ...

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