| Author | Thread |
|
|
06/17/2004 05:33:30 PM · #1 |
I just love this pic!
F/A-18 Hornet breaking the sound barrier. Photo by John Gay. |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 05:40:25 PM · #2 |
jeez, was John breaking the sound barrier at the same time? Is that what happens when you break it? Amazing shot, guess he got lucky lol
|
|
|
|
06/17/2004 05:41:39 PM · #3 |
... and some more here.
Check this amazing video too - love it! (boys' toys and all that!). :)
Message edited by author 2004-06-17 17:42:40. |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:24:32 PM · #4 |
Great pics, I wonder what settings he had on his cam :)
|
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:30:57 PM · #5 |
If that pic for real?
Honest question, I have no idea. I have seen planes break the sound barrier before, and there never be a visible sign of it, but I can believe that under the right conditions there could be.
It is just absolutely sensational as a photo .... almost too good, which is why I ask.
|
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:36:26 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Natator:
If that pic for real?
Honest question, I have no idea. I have seen planes break the sound barrier before, and there never be a visible sign of it, but I can believe that under the right conditions there could be.
It is just absolutely sensational as a photo .... almost too good, which is why I ask. |
Did you see the vid or read the link? apparently the vapour trail is not always there, but I agree its almost too good to be true (doub't I'll snap anything like that from the back garden :)
|
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:38:21 PM · #7 |
The guy won a competition of 42,000 entries!! It's real. Check out the vide, it shows it happening real time - not the best quality but it's still incredible.
Also from the web site:
It's an F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) breaking the sound barrier in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, July 7, 1999. It was shot by Ensign John Gay, photo officer for Fighter Squadron Two (VF 2), from the 0-10 level weather deck (the uppermost deck on the âislandâ) of the aircraft carrier, USS Constellation (CV 64). It was shot with a Nikon N-90s with a Nikon 70-300 ED zoom lens, using Kodacolor 200 negative film. The camera was set for manual exposure of F/5.6 at 1/1000 sec. The image was acquired with a single shot, panned from left to right, prefocused at approximately 200-300 yards off the port side of the ship, where the aircraft flew by. |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:39:29 PM · #8 |
| I usually assume that such incredible shots are hoaxes, but this one is apparently real. It checked out on a few hoax-buster sites I looked at. You can find the photographer's comments and technical details here. |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:49:32 PM · #9 |
That is one of the coolest photos I have ever seen !
Awesome. |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 06:55:12 PM · #10 |
it is cool, I have seen a few F-18's break the sound barrier @ about 300 ft above seal level. But an F-14 breaking the sound barrier was WAY cooler.
James |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 07:00:47 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by jab119:
300 ft above seal level |
... blimey - is that when they're jumping or just floating on the surface? :D
James - what is the sonic boom like? |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 07:24:13 PM · #12 |
it was real cool, you could see the pressure wave affecting the surface of the water ( I was out to sea on an aircraft carrier). I dont recall seeing the vapor form like in the picture above, but you could see flashes as the vapor came and went, but nothing steady.
also as you guessed you could see the plane comin towards you REAL fast, but you could not hear it, then once it got dead even with you is when you heard the "BOOM", then you could hear the engines as it screamed away from you
James |
|
|
|
06/17/2004 07:33:24 PM · #13 |
| It's also on Boeing.com with several other very well done photo's and videos of their stuff. |
|
|
|
06/18/2004 04:46:12 AM · #14 |
I also found this image linked from the same site - auroras on Saturn.
 |
|
|
|
06/18/2004 05:09:46 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Imagineer:
... and some more here.
Check this amazing video too - love it! (boys' toys and all that!). :) |
Oh man that is cool - never even knew about the phenomenon.
Ed
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 05:48:04 AM · #16 |
I hadn't checked out the video etc earlier as I was at work, but thought the photo was just too amazing to be real.
I am really glad it is real, as it is awesome!
Apparently although the photo is for real it does not have anything to do with the actual breaking of the sound barrier. Plane could have been over or under the speed of sound at the time ... but that does not make it any less an amazing photo.
//www.museumofhoaxes.com/comments/jetplane.html
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 06:04:08 AM · #17 |
| Natator - apparently the shockwave pushes air to form condensation and is a sign that the speed of sound is being reached - according to the expert. Maybe I misunderstood this though? |
|
|
|
06/18/2004 06:15:37 AM · #18 |
Like Jon, I too, enjoy neat photographs of incredible aircraft images. In fact, as Jon knows, I collect them. Here is a link to one of my web sites which is one place where I show the work of some other folks when they happen to capture strange and wondrous happenings with airplanes. Enjoy!
]Vivid Contrast
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 07:01:02 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
Like Jon, I too, enjoy neat photographs of incredible aircraft images. In fact, as Jon knows, I collect them. Here is a link to one of my web sites which is one place where I show the work of some other folks when they happen to capture strange and wondrous happenings with airplanes. Enjoy!
]Vivid Contrast |
A photo of a airplane sliced up from a propeller. (thought you might want it for your collection)
Propped |
|
|
|
06/18/2004 07:52:37 AM · #20 |
Morgan have you seen this?
click for croped and resized
full size 2.7 mb
Message edited by author 2004-06-18 07:53:20.
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 08:39:40 AM · #21 |
Morgan, this photo Lost missle, I have seen this happen as well.
Back in the late 80's early 90's the f-18's had a problem keeping the missles on the wing tips when they landed on the carrier. It did not always happen, I would say about 5% of the landings of an f-18 resulted in a missle skidding accross the deck. they never exploded because they have to be electronically armed first.
James
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 10:23:12 PM · #22 |
Thank you jadin and 1st-2-click for the two new submissions to my collection, they are both terrific images of airplane mishaps. Greatly appreciated. Send more if you ever find anything interesting.
jab119, interesting history comment, thanks too.
Cheers,
Michael
|
|
|
|
06/18/2004 11:36:15 PM · #23 |
| Amazing photos and links. Thanks for posting them. |
|
|
|
06/19/2004 04:33:47 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by Imagineer:
Natator - apparently the shockwave pushes air to form condensation and is a sign that the speed of sound is being reached - according to the expert. Maybe I misunderstood this though? |
I don't think so, but it probably depends where you read it. Read that link I posted and it explains how it happens and that it is not actually the moment of breaking the sound barrier. I am just basing things on what I see there.
Looking at the video of the plane .... well, realistically I have no idea if that looks like Mach 1 or not, but it has to be pretty damn fast!
That really does have to be one of the most sensational photos ever :)
|
|
|
|
06/19/2004 09:30:36 AM · #25 |
here is a little calculator o show the speed of an aircraf vs. the Mach speed.
the speed of soundis not a constant number, it changes based on altitide.
THe higher the aircraft goes the speed at which the sound barrier is broken is less.
Speed of sound Calc
James |
|
Home -
Challenges -
Community -
League -
Photos -
Cameras -
Lenses -
Learn -
Help -
Terms of Use -
Privacy -
Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 09/10/2025 06:04:53 PM EDT.
