October 9, 2007: Blue Angel makes pass over Frisco Bay boaters - Page 4

theotherguy · 10-10-2007, 03:23 PM

So, are we saying there would or would not be a sonic boom at the formation of the vapor/cloud we see in the photo?

monster · 10-10-2007, 04:08 PM

It takes two years to eat a plane, so lots of recipe potential here.... and probably lots of pulled vapors.

narcuul · 10-10-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by theotherguy

So, are we saying there would or would not be a sonic boom at the formation of the vapor/cloud we see in the photo?

The vapor cloud is not a necessary connection with the sonic boom it seems. That depends on many things, like air temperature, moisture, aeroplane speed and even the shape of the fast traveling "thing".. So, breaking the sonic barrier is not necessary to produce the cloud, if I understand things correctly.. But then again, if the sound barrier is broken, it is very likely that this phenomenon is produced.

Griff · 10-10-2007, 08:08 PM

I was looking very closely at the pulled vapors. I decided to clean off some artifacts and suddenly a dolphin...

glatt · 10-10-2007, 08:19 PM

that's not a dolphin!

Griff · 10-10-2007, 08:26 PM

*Knock knock* Telegram.

ViennaWaits · 10-10-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I was looking very closely at the pulled vapors. I decided to clean off some artifacts and suddenly a dolphin...

OH yea... I'll be giggling about that for a week. If I'm consequently commited, I'll expect letters from the lot of you.

steambender · 10-10-2007, 11:24 PM

Blue Angels will be flying around tomorrow, the Miramar Airshow is this weekend, and living at the top of a hill about 5 miles NE of the airfield makes us a convenient landmark for high speed U turns to get back for the next pass. They fly wingtip to wingtip and light off the afterburners as they come out of the turns. We're several hundred feet above the field, so they seem very close.

The windows don't stop rattling or the neighborhood dogs stop howling for three days. It's glorious.

The pictures are real. you can seen the coast guard and the buoy lines the boats stay behind. the flight lane is probably a mile wide like someone suggested. The precision and discipline these guys practice every day puts all of us to shame.

CharlieG · 10-11-2007, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ViennaWaits

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO too funny.
Ok, ya'll have me convinced that it may not be shopped. I just found it seriously hard to believe that they would be that close.
Color me corrected.

One year, I was watching the Thunderbirds at Jones beach LI (Back when they were flying T-38s - that'll tell you how long ago) - one of the stunts was flying INVERTED close to the water - only time I EVER saw one of those guys make a rough move - seems the next wave was a tad taller than he figured - he jinked up about 10 ft or so, because it appeard the wave was going to touch his vertical stabilizer!

Yes - they fly LOW

The LOWEST I've ever seen a picture of was of a SU-27, doing a VERY low pass down a runway - by descriptions, and by the photo, he appears to be about 2 ft off the deck

DanaC · 10-11-2007, 04:17 AM

Welcome to the Cellar narcuul !

Adam · 10-11-2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by narcuul

There is an interesting analogy to Cherenkov radiation.

Sweet!
Discussions of Electromagnetic Wave attenuation, Psychrometrics, Optics and dangerous stunts at the speed of sound! This thread is rocking!
Throw in the Voynich Manuscript and I may never go to work again.

CharlieG · 10-12-2007, 06:32 AM

More pulling vapor from an airplane that will NEVER even come close to the sound barrier - I'm not going to imbed it, because it's not mine, and it's kinda large

http://op-for.com/A10.jpg

TheMercenary · 10-12-2007, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CharlieG

More pulling vapor from an airplane that will NEVER even come close to the sound barrier - I'm not going to imbed it, because it's not mine, and it's kinda large

http://op-for.com/A10.jpg

Ahhhh... the best AC ever built IMHO!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-12-2007, 04:14 PM

And one of the best pictures I've seen of an A-10. Thanks CharlieG.

narcuul · 10-12-2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Welcome to the Cellar narcuul !

Thank you.

..It's funny. Although I am Finnish and English language is by no means easy to me, I've been doing just fine with what little I know for so many years. This forum though, is something else. So many jokes, subtle (more or less, don't know) references or whatever are pretty mysterious to me.

It's a challenge. And an interesting one at that.

(Like those dolphins. I just don't get it.. Yeah. I do feel slightly challenged right now..

)

10-10-2007, 04:08 PM	#47
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It takes two years to eat a plane, so lots of recipe potential here.... and probably lots of pulled vapors. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-10-2007, 08:08 PM	#49
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I was looking very closely at the pulled vapors. I decided to clean off some artifacts and suddenly a dolphin... Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-10-2007, 08:26 PM	#51
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Knock knock Telegram. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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10-10-2007, 03:23 PM	#46
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	So, are we saying there would or would not be a sonic boom at the formation of the vapor/cloud we see in the photo?

10-10-2007, 08:19 PM	#50
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	that's not a dolphin!

10-10-2007, 11:24 PM	#53
steambender It just needs a minor tweak...here... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: kitty corner from where I grew up Posts: 48	Blue Angels will be flying around tomorrow, the Miramar Airshow is this weekend, and living at the top of a hill about 5 miles NE of the airfield makes us a convenient landmark for high speed U turns to get back for the next pass. They fly wingtip to wingtip and light off the afterburners as they come out of the turns. We're several hundred feet above the field, so they seem very close. The windows don't stop rattling or the neighborhood dogs stop howling for three days. It's glorious. The pictures are real. you can seen the coast guard and the buoy lines the boats stay behind. the flight lane is probably a mile wide like someone suggested. The precision and discipline these guys practice every day puts all of us to shame.

10-11-2007, 04:17 AM	#55
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Welcome to the Cellar narcuul !

10-12-2007, 06:32 AM	#57
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	More pulling vapor from an airplane that will NEVER even come close to the sound barrier - I'm not going to imbed it, because it's not mine, and it's kinda large http://op-for.com/A10.jpg

10-12-2007, 04:14 PM	#59
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And one of the best pictures I've seen of an A-10. Thanks CharlieG.

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