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USN Photo of the Day: Hello! Jaw-dropping F/A-18F Super Hornet fly-bys! Is this just a dream?
Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet, United States Navy (USN)
| November 5, 2006; September 11, 2006
| Jarod Hodge, Unjted States Navy; Joshua Wayne LeGrand, United States Navy
Posted on 11/12/2006 7:44:05 AM PST by EnjoyingLife
Photo 1. An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), 5 November 2006, Pacific Ocean. Image ID: 061105-N-8591H-389
Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jarod Hodge, United States Navy
Links
http://www.Navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/061105-N-8591H-389.jpg (big image)
http://www.Navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=40674 (original source)
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20061112.htm (above image from this site's fine F/A-18 photo gallery)
Photo 2. An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two (VFA-102), Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), 11 September 2006, East China Sea. Image ID: 060911-N-8604L-741
Photographer
Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua Wayne LeGrand, United States Navy
Links
http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/060911-N-8604L-741.jpg (big image)
http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=39129 (original source)
http://ChamorroBible.org/gpw/gpw-20061112.htm (above image is one of several excellent F/A-18 photos at this URL)
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: f18; fa18; hornet; superhornet; usn
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Do you think that certain nations in the East China Sea region, you know the the ones that have difficulties with the United States of America, took note of the F/A-18's flyby on September 11, 2006?
To: EnjoyingLife
What is that cloud around the aircraft? Is there a name for that phenomena?
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:46:28 AM PST
by
Ken522
To: Ken522
i am not air nautical engineer
thats usually what happens when they break sound barrier
they i think leave the compressed air behind...
my 2c
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:47:46 AM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: EnjoyingLife
Yeah, going supersonic, or breaking the sound barrier.
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:49:08 AM PST
by
sleddogs
To: Ken522
What is that cloud around the aircraft? Is there a name for that phenomena?That is the visual effect of the shock wave created when the plane breaks the sound barrier.
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:50:00 AM PST
by
P8riot
("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
To: Ken522
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:50:03 AM PST
by
WSGilcrest
(Mikey likes it!)
To: sleddogs
I thought it was a 'halo' for our angels in the sky!!
:0)
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:50:48 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: EnjoyingLife
Something about compression velocity as they break the sound barrier coalesces the water vapor nearby. Yeah, I'm no engineer and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express either.
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:51:12 AM PST
by
brothers4thID
(Being lectured by Ted Kennedy on ethics is not unlike being lectured on dating protocol by Ted Bundy)
To: Ken522
It is water. The plane causes a disturbance in air pressure and temperature. The air suddenly cannot hold as much water, so it assembles into visible mist. The name? well there are probably several. Condensation?
To: sleddogs
No..last celebratory flight.....heading for the scrap heap after the dims take over
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:52:19 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(The Democrat Party stands for open treason in a time of war.)
To: Ken522; Aeronaut
" What is that cloud around the aircraft?
Is there a name for that phenomena? "
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posted on
11/12/2006 7:53:21 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: EnjoyingLife
To: EnjoyingLife
Here's another great photo:
To: Alice in Wonderland
To: WSGilcrest
Prandtl-Glauert Condensation Clouds
I read some of the above link and the name is too long. I think they look like a tutu. The little skirts ballet dancers wear. From the nose are pictures I seen on WWII bombers it common to refer to a plane in a feminine manner. If not,
What would a pilot call them?
To: Ken522
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posted on
11/12/2006 8:01:40 AM PST
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: brothers4thID
Close enough.
What happens, is that the aircraft's velocity forces atmosphere to move out of the way so quickly, that the heavier water vapor in the air cannot keep up and is forced to separate from the surrounding oxygen. At that point it becomes visible.
You are seeing the aircraft's shockwave literally squeezing water from the air.
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posted on
11/12/2006 8:01:48 AM PST
by
Pukin Dog
(Being a Liberal is just a coping mechanism for low self esteem and/or bad parenting.)
To: Ken522
What is that cloud around the aircraft? Is there a name for that phenomena?My Vietnam pilot buddy told me it's called 'Breakout'. It's caused by going supersonic. There are many photos of this floating around. Somewhere in my files, I have a video of it happening from the deck of a carrier.
Prandtl-Glauert singularity
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posted on
11/12/2006 8:01:49 AM PST
by
Jackknife
( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
To: EnjoyingLife
Neither one of those photos look right.
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posted on
11/12/2006 8:02:41 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Alice in Wonderland
Where is the picture of the B2 bomber inverted fly by ?
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posted on
11/12/2006 8:03:17 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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