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Photographer captures the moment a jet breaks the sound barrier after FIVE years of trying
Daily Star ^
| 10-13-2014
Posted on 10/13/2014 12:45:40 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Joe Broyles spent five years attempting to get the spectacular image which almost impossible due to the speed the aircraft moves.
The remarkable photo features an F-18 Super Hornet 2 jet with a vapour cone forming around it.
The cone, which lasted just tenths of a second, is produced when an aircraft reaches 'transonic velocity' — the speed of sound (766mph).
The 61-year-old took the picture at the Oceania Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, USA, on September 21.
He admitted he needed some luck to capture the shot after attending multiple air shows over the last five years without it.
Joe took eight snaps in less than two seconds hoping to capture the jet at just the right moment.
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KEYWORDS: speed
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To: Citizen Zed
Cool photo but can someone tell Joe Broyles about this newfangled moving pictures/film/video thing?
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:47:12 PM PDT
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: Citizen Zed
Isn’t that called a “bow tie”?
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:49:09 PM PDT
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BreezyDog
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:52:25 PM PDT
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cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: relictele
Cool photo but can someone tell Joe Broyles about this newfangled moving pictures/film/video thing? Which [IIRC] operate at ~26 fps and usually have an inferior image quality to a comparably-priced still-cam.
Still, at that rate you're going to get a pic about once every four-hundredths of a second.
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:52:34 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Citizen Zed
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:52:37 PM PDT
by
PapaNew
(The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
To: Citizen Zed
Meh...
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:53:34 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: cuban leaf
Impressive!
He’s probably using nitrous oxide LOL
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posted on
10/13/2014 12:55:01 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: relictele
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:02:00 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:04:58 PM PDT
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Joe Boucher
(Obammy lied and lied and lied.)
To: cuban leaf; Citizen Zed
To: Citizen Zed
5 years? that’s a bit much...I’d try it for 5 weekends at the most.
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:14:16 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: smoothsailing
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:15:21 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: relictele
I saw a picture just like that years ago.
To: cuban leaf
Yep, it has been done before.
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:15:54 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: nascarnation; cuban leaf
Who is piloting that Cheech or Chong?
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10/13/2014 1:16:47 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: F15Eagle
To: cuban leaf
To: cuban leaf
Very funny.
But you missed the little red wagon.
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posted on
10/13/2014 1:33:34 PM PDT
by
glyptol
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