Blue Angel low pass over SF Bay at almost(?) mach 1

Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

Jim Logajan wrote:
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A


It just doesn't have the same effect when I do that in a C-172. I don't know
what I'm doing wrong.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

In article ,
Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A


It just doesn't have the same effect when I do that in a C-172. I don't know
what I'm doing wrong.

Just strap two GE F404 engines to your C-172 and you'll be able to
do the same thing.

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

John Clear wrote:
In article ,
Mortimer Schnerd, RN mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

It just doesn't have the same effect when I do that in a C-172. I don't know
what I'm doing wrong.

Just strap two GE F404 engines to your C-172 and you'll be able to
do the same thing.

Once!

Matt

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote

It just doesn't have the same effect when I do that in a C-172. I don't
know what I'm doing wrong.

You just have to play the tape that was made (of your low pass in the 172)
in fast forward, rather than regular playback speed. I think. g

Let us know how it turns out, OK? ;-))
--
Jim in NC

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

Great.
How about a car going faster to break the sound barrier?

john bates wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?)
over San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible
shock cone seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

Great.
How about a car going faster to break the sound barrier?

How about a giant hammer to smash a car breaking the SOUND barrier??

"ManhattanMan" wrote in message
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john bates wrote:
"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?)
over San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible
shock cone seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

Great.
How about a car going faster to break the sound barrier?

How about a giant hammer to smash a car breaking the SOUND barrier??

That's daft - at least a car has broken the sound barrier.

Jim Logajan wrote:
Here's a neat video someone took of a Blue Angel low pass (~25 ft?) over
San Fransisco bay during Fleet Week this year and the visible shock cone
seems to indicate it was traveling just under mach one:

http://jumpcut.com/view?id=C009AF727...89000423CF037A

Great pass. Quite frankly I'm surprised they got authorization to do it.


--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Great pass. Quite frankly I'm surprised they got authorization to do it.

I did not catch it this year, but the Blue Angels SF show is an amazing
thing. It will awe and thrill any aviation buff, and is well worth the trip to
experience. And quite frankly, I am surprised (and cautiously delighted) that
it still happens. It is the only place that I have seen an airshow happen right
over the heads of thousands of people. The crowd thins only a bit when you get
past the water's edge. There are so many boats on the bay, one could almost
walk from boat to boat.

There is a sort of mutual love affair between SF and the Navy. ...and yes,
like lovers everywhere, they have the occasional spat.

Vaughn