F14 breaks the sound barrier
 

Not excatly old news, but I'll bet you've never seen it like this before:

http://www.galleryoffluidmechanics.com/conden/f14.mpeg

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jesus :Yikes:

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VERY impressive, although I bet a few people need new eardrums after that.

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Cool clip.....

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I doubt he's particularly interested.

First saw this clip over 5 years ago, since then it's regularly clogged our mailserver at work every time someone "discovers" it.

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First time I have seen it and it is very impressive...

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Things people will do to avoid having to use dial up on a carrier when bored.

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well i must be unobservant then , i aint seen it before :erm: :D :D

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Is it just me or is ther a bit at 50:19 when the F14 just lurches forward?

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The original clip is full speed all the way through, my guess if that someone has done a half-baked job of editing to get the slow-motion then it would cause this.

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No i mean that it looks like the front nose of the F14 dips down then up as if its being bumped in the air at this time, not that the video looks wrong.

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It looks like turbulence to me, I expect even the smallest amount would be hugely amplified at that speed.

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Is it really breaking the sound barrier, or is that just a vortex/wake effect caused by being at such a low level over water?

I would have thought it technically challenging (though I am not sure if it is impossible) to go supersonic at such low levels (but then we do have supersonic cars now) as the air is so much more dense.

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yeah I noticed that, it looks cool, but there was just something wrong with thte second boom, as if the plane had been knocked off course.

cool all the same, I wish it had sound though.

ik

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If it did, it wouldn't be ordinary sound... It'd be SUPERSOUND!

or something.

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Being a geek when it comes to military aircraft, i've seen still pictures of this kind of thing before but it featured an RAF tornado.

With the aircraft so low the vorticies and shockwaves will always look spectacular. Unfotunately in the UK planes cant fly that low and that fast over land :(

It makes excellent video footage, but I do question what was going on and why were people so close, was it an experiment? or some Pilot showing off?

PLanes making tight hign G turns produce a similar effect with vorticies streaming off the wing tips at least and in some cases the entire wing.

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The other footage like this that looks fantastic is of Concorde taking off showing the rolling airflow across the top of the wing. I've seen it in a few documentaries etc and don't know if a MPEG is available.

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or just sound would be good :erm: :dozey:, to hear the roar of the engines, then the sonic boom.

ik