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September 4th, 2005   Post 11
Spartacus
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Whats the physics behind the cloud thingy?
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September 5th, 2005   Post 12
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That's what I was about to ask
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September 5th, 2005   Post 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ghost457
the B-1B is the Lancer, the B-2 is the Spirit. anyways, great pics, i never knew they did that, thats incredible.

Ooopsie!
 
September 5th, 2005   Post 14
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Quote:
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Whats the physics behind the cloud thingy?
water gets vaporized behind the wings.
 
September 5th, 2005   Post 15
chewie_nz
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happens in moist dense air, shockwave compreses it into cloud
 
September 5th, 2005   Post 16
SwordFish_13
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Hi,


That's Sonic Boom ......
 
September 6th, 2005   Post 17
ghost457
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chewie_nz
happens in moist dense air, shockwave compreses it into cloud
interesting, thats some cool looking scinece there. so thats the visual side of the sonic boom.......
 
September 6th, 2005   Post 18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SwordFish_13
Hi,


That's Sonic Boom ......
I know, I just didnt know why it happened. Quite cool though.

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September 8th, 2005   Post 19
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Now having flown on Concorde, I can say that it was quite some thing, on take off it stood almost vertical on it's tail as it climbed straight up so that it would not leave a noise footprint all over the place. When we where over the sea the afterburners were lit and we shot through the sound barrier with out any indication we had done it. The one thing that struck me was looking out of the windows, as you looked down the sky was blue, if you looked straight ahead then the sky took a dark purple kind of hue, and when you glanced slightly up the sky was black as black could be as you were now nearing the edge of space at over 60.000 feet and as looked across you could see the curvature of the earth, a sight to behold. During the same flight we went into one of the old time Fighter Station from WW2 and we had an escort of 16 Spitfires lined up along the wings. There was Concorde nearly stalling and the Spitfires tearing their engines out while trying to keep up.
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September 8th, 2005   Post 20
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That really must've been something LeEnfield..
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