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To: Enterprise
As I recall, a sonic boom is not a one time event.

From memory, it repeats again and again under the flight path, until the plane speed is sub-sonic.

5 posted on 01/16/2021 9:14:24 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Well sort of.... Every point directly beneath and across the flight path will experience a short duration “boom” as the aircraft passes overhead. So, yeah, it’s possible people in several counties could hear it as time and flight path went by. Just my $.02.

But you already knew that. ☺


10 posted on 01/16/2021 9:23:36 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me! )
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To: zeestephen

“From memory, it repeats again and again under the flight path, until the plane speed is sub-sonic.”

It is a continuous pressure wave the travels with the plane.

The ‘boom’ is experienced as the pressure wave passes.


15 posted on 01/16/2021 9:55:37 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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