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, the boom is continuous along the boom carpet for the entire supersonic flight. As a former Concorde pilot puts it, "You don't actually hear anything on board. All we see is the pressure wave moving down the aeroplane - it gives an indication on the instruments. And that's what we see around Mach
Sonic Boom
tonycodes
reply to post by woogleuk
OK thats very cool to know actually but there was no plane that I can see and no aircraft reported. I mean wouldn't I be able to at least hear the aircraft if it made a sonic boom so big that shook my house like a small earthquake?
tonycodes
reply to post by woogleuk
OK thats very cool to know actually but there was no plane that I can see and no aircraft reported. I mean wouldn't I be able to at least hear the aircraft if it made a sonic boom so big that shook my house like a small earthquake?
Wookiep
reply to post by Sremmos80
Sonic boom would make sense, but as the article states, only military aircraft would exceed the speed of sound. Military aircraft do not fly supersonic in civilian airspace (Orange County) however.edit on 9-4-2014 by Wookiep because: (no reason given)
tonycodes
Officials at the Camp Pendleton Marine base were also mystified.
ranchosantamargarita.patch.com...
I live near the pier and never heard any kind of boom. My windows and walls shook hard for 3-5 secs. Yet my pool water remained calm. Strange.
Rezlooper
Couple of possibilities
2) a tearing of the earth's crust, not large enough to be considered an earthquake but enough to cause gases to escape and explode as it's released. A micro-quake!