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Post by Dingus on Feb 27, 2006 21:22:41 GMT -5
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Post by Honey on Feb 27, 2006 22:11:33 GMT -5
I think that it is the airplane breaking the sound barrier. You are able to see the shock waves. But I could be wrong.
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Post by drcomm on Feb 27, 2006 23:12:28 GMT -5
That is the water in the air condensing along the shock wave produced by the aircraft as it approaches the speed of sound. The air that close to the water is very humid and the shockwave creates a drastic pressure change that in simple terms wrings the water out of the moist air along the wave.
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Post by firstknife on Feb 28, 2006 1:11:45 GMT -5
it's really cool when the fire the phoenix missle that low...where I lived at in california the missle range was about 26 miles off shore and I saw some photos of a phoenix launch that low... the missle drops into the water and pops back out and climbs up to its parabolic arch... the Harthingy and exocet anti ship missles can also do this as well as the tomahawk cruise missle
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Feb 28, 2006 1:34:29 GMT -5
Nifty.
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Post by Dingus on Mar 2, 2006 17:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Mar 3, 2006 11:04:23 GMT -5
I figured it out thats the B-2 stealth bomber doing same thing as f-14 I was trying to figure out if that was a boat or a plane lol
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Post by Major Destruction on Mar 3, 2006 14:03:44 GMT -5
It's not a B2 doing the same thing as the f14. The B2 is a subsonic aircraft.
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Post by drcomm on Mar 3, 2006 16:50:15 GMT -5
It's not a B2 doing the same thing as the f14. The B2 is a subsonic aircraft. ..note the wording in the F-14 explanation post stating " approaches the speed of sound". |
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Post by Major Destruction on Mar 3, 2006 17:01:40 GMT -5
But the B2 doesn't even approach the speed of sound.
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Post by drcomm on Mar 3, 2006 17:22:28 GMT -5
That's true. I was indicating that this happens below the speed of sound but in very moist air you don't have to be going that fast to get a cloud form. If you notice in the F-14 video, the cloud has a sharp vertical line along the shock wave indicating that it is traveling near the speed of sound. In the B-2 shot, the cloud looks more like a fuzzy cotton ball, with no sharp lines. This cloud is most likely formed by the pressure changes around the aircraft as it is in a turn. If the conditions are right, a cloud can form at low speeds such as on approach. We see that all the time (during wet, humid weather) at the airport usually on the heavy aircraft. Normally this happens during the flare. It's really cool to watch.
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Post by drcomm on Mar 4, 2006 22:59:55 GMT -5
I came across the photo linked below. It's a good example of what I was discussing about the vapor clouds on the wings of an aircraft on approach. This is what we see at the airport on some humid days. www.airliners.net/open.file/1008033/M/ |
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Mar 5, 2006 1:39:26 GMT -5
Mr Romere you are a Plethora (sorry dont know how to spell it - Note it was taken from the Movie The Three Amigos) of knowledge.
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Post by firstknife on Mar 6, 2006 5:18:31 GMT -5
plethora, plethora do you even know what a plethora is
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Mar 6, 2006 15:59:51 GMT -5
Well..........No.
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