Timeline for Why can't sonic booms be heard at air shows?
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| Nov 25, 2019 at 5:39 | comment | added | Michael Hall | Ok, i admit it can be waivered under special circumstances, just like other regulations. I'm just trying to dispel the notion that military pilots are routinely exempt. | |
| Nov 25, 2019 at 4:22 | comment | added | AAM111 | I live near the US Naval Academy, they do sonic boom shows both the day of and the day before graduation. | |
| Nov 25, 2019 at 1:38 | comment | added | Peter Duniho | @Michael: see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…. Not only did Hyneman and Savage prove that sonic booms aren't likely to damage windows on the ground, they performed their experiment in the US (Yuma, AZ to be exact). Yes, there are restrictions about where aircraft can fly supersonic over the US. But a complete blanket prohibition? Nope. | |
| Nov 24, 2019 at 20:58 | vote | accept | Volker Siegel | ||
| Nov 23, 2019 at 21:14 | comment | added | Michael Hall | Please help us understand when and where you have seen this occur then because in all the exercises I have been involved in if there was an accidental boom the perpetrator would be shamed in the debrief. | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 21:03 | comment | added | reirab | @MichaelHall I mean, I know they're not allowed to just whenever they want, but there are plenty of (relatively frequent in my experience) missions where they can and do fly supersonic over the CONUS. Of course, it's not like they're doing it at 1,000 ft AGL over populated areas. | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 19:08 | comment | added | Michael Hall | @reirab, I’m not saying it doesn’t occasionally happen, but military pilots are not allowed to fly supersonic in CONUS. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 22:10 | comment | added | reirab | While it's true that some countries (such as the U.S.) make it illegal for civilians to fly supersonic over land, this restriction is rarely, if ever, legally applicable to the military. Of course, they'll still not do this at low altitude under normal circumstances for obvious reasons. Even in the U.S. where supersonic flight over land is notoriously banned for civilians, the military does it pretty regularly, just at high altitudes. We used to hear sonic booms pretty frequently near the USAF base I used to work at. It was far enough away not to do damage, but it did shake the building. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 20:28 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @Nefrin Not all European countries have the luxury of the sea to train supersonic flight. In Czechia planned training supersonic flights are performed above 10 km. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 11:51 | comment | added | Nefrin | this is true. In Europe, where the eurofighter is used the most super sonic flight is prohibited by the noise level limits a plane may produce. It is only alowed in acute alarm situations. I whitnessed this once in Nürnberg during an incident. You Really don´t need speakers to hear the boom. It shakes your bones from 15km away. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 1:55 | history | answered | Ron Beyer | CC BY-SA 4.0 |