Big oops at an airshow...

[SUBMAN1]

Seems this F-15 accidentally slipped over the sound barrier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyoD0DFbNgs

The vapor trails make me think it is actually iffy if it did actually break it. It is right on it though.

-S

[jpm1]

i've seen a similar video once but it was a F-14 it desintegrated the guys could luckily eject here (http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=TX24EWBKrgY)

[Jimbuna]

Two crackin videos either way. :up:

[SUBMAN1]

There is no double tap. No sonic boom. So I'd just say this guy is really close!

-S

[Enigma]

Good vid, but not so much an oops. Quite a common occurrence at a Military airshow. The T-birds make it part of their act, as do the Angels. The "Vapor cone" can occur at speeds lower than the sound barrier and are not a visual display of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier...It's whats known as Prandtl-Glauert singularity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity), which has to to with air pressure response slightly below, or above the speed of sound. (Transonic)


Always a sight to behold, for sure....