Recent content by pcrawford

good stuff thanks - this whole thing started as a "mind experiment" I was discussing with a co-worker if you could actually hear yourself yelling if you were free-falling at super sonic speeds. (lets say you were really high up and there wasn't a ton of air so your terminal velocity was...

ok I understand this...i'll have to read up a bit more. But thanks for the responce.

[\QUOTE]If aircraft 2 was close and within the shockwave cone generated by aircraft 1, it's possible that the pilot of aircraft 1 could hear aircraft 2, because the air is accelerated enough by aircraft 1's shockwave that relative air speed is sub-sonic. If the two aircraft were flying side by...

We are debating this...can you describe both examples..

Can a pilot hear engine > mach 1? Can a the pilot of an airplane hear the engine when he is traveling greater then the speed of sound? part 2: Can the pilot of airplane 1 hear the engine of airplane 2 which is traveling right behind him, both traveling at the same speed, and both greater...