Luke AFB Jets

[Shifty]

Not only do I joke, but I joke poorly!   

A man goes into a bar and says, "Give me a drink before the trouble starts." And the bartender gives him one. He drinks it, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." He downs that one, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." He drinks that, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." And the bartender says, "When's this trouble going to start?" The man says, "The trouble starts as soon as you realize that I don't have any money."

 

[Puma44]

Not only do I joke, but I joke poorly!   

A man goes into a bar and says, "Give me a drink before the trouble starts." And the bartender gives him one. He drinks it, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." He downs that one, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." He drinks that, and says, "Give me another drink before the trouble starts." And the bartender says, "When's this trouble going to start?" The man says, "The trouble starts as soon as you realize that I don't have any money."

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[Mongoose]

I wonder when you start noticing sound delay? under 100 yards? The sound is just taking a while to reach your customer's ears because of the distance between him and the aircraft. If they broke the sound barrier he would know it (really know it).

  Assuming speed of sound to be 750 miles/hour (and it is often slower due to atmospheric conditions), a little work with a calculator gives a speed of about 1,100 feet per second for those sound waves.  So at 100 yards, you would have a little over .2 second delay. 

[Arlo]

Breaking the sound barrier over someone's head and already travelling supersonic over one's head are .... well ... two different things. When the Blue Angels flew Phantom jets, part of the show involved supersonic speed. The diamond formation was out there for the audience to see. All of a sudden a streak flew from behind us. It sure seemed like a full second before the sound caught up. A loud sound. Not break glass loud but I'm tellin' ya .... people throughout the crowd hit the deck. An F-18 did the same thing to us at the Alliance airshow. Ah how it brought back memories. I think I have the 14 yr old stepson hooked. 

[Puma44]

The military jet demonstration teams DO NOT INTENTIONALLY break the sound barrier during air shows.  What you are experiencing is a jet traveling at or near transonic speed, but not supersonic.  

http://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20121219/NEWS/212190304/Thunderbird-sonic-boom-caused-22K-damages