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The plane was an RF-4C #66-413 Phantom.
Pilot: #186 TRG-Capt. Rich McCann.
Rizzo: #153 TRS-Capt. Bruce Larson.
Mississippi Air National Guard.

When I figure out how to put-up the video of this on a web site, I'll link it here (if someone will tell me how). The sight and sound, and the resultant damage are awesome............FRegards

1 posted on 02/14/2004 3:05:54 PM PST by gonzo

2 posted on 02/14/2004 3:07:17 PM PST by Stars N Stripes (My baloney has a first name, it's h o m e r, my baloney has a second name it's h o m e r .......)

I'm up for seeing that video, gonzo you sweetiepie. Long time no read. I guess just the good-looking guys show up for Valentine's Day

Well, hugs and kisses to you!

5 posted on 02/14/2004 3:11:15 PM PST by spald

Awesome sight......thanks!!!

6 posted on 02/14/2004 3:12:28 PM PST by Magnolia

7 posted on 02/14/2004 3:14:31 PM PST by VOA

Air National Guard photo? Save this pic. You may need it 20 years from now to prove this guy wasn't AWOL.

8 posted on 02/14/2004 3:21:40 PM PST by umgud (speaking strictly as an infidel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,)

9 posted on 02/14/2004 3:24:20 PM PST by MaryFromMichigan (We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)

More cool plane-breaking-the-sound-barrier photos:

B-52

12 posted on 02/14/2004 3:32:39 PM PST by martin_fierro (Chat is my milieu)

The photo was snapped by my brother as he was being blown off his feet:

LOL! After hoping your brother was all right......

18 posted on 02/14/2004 3:43:25 PM PST by b4its2late

That is seriously cool. Thanks for sharing.

24 posted on 02/14/2004 3:51:41 PM PST by MattAMiller

26 posted on 02/14/2004 3:56:15 PM PST by LibKill (LIBERALISM, Alway racing downward to the lowest depth of depravity!)

Yep, pretty damn cool!

Awsome pics guys.

32 posted on 02/14/2004 4:04:14 PM PST by TexasCajun

These pictures are awsome! I never knew there was a visible shock wave when a plane hits mach 1.

35 posted on 02/14/2004 4:07:50 PM PST by BykrBayb (Temporary tagline. Applied to State of New Jersey for permanent tagline (12/24/03).)

Here's your average every day LSR car busting the sound barrier.

39 posted on 02/14/2004 4:20:55 PM PST by Professional Engineer (Spirit & Opportunity~The race is ON! Which will find the first Martian trout stream.)

It was a flight of F4s that saved my hide in Viet Nam while pinned down by an NVA battalion. Love that airframe!

42 posted on 02/14/2004 5:08:55 PM PST by LiteKeeper

Copy the file and link it... need more?

49 posted on 02/14/2004 6:01:04 PM PST by e_castillo

To: gonzo; facedown

Cool, huh?...

Very.

55 posted on 02/14/2004 6:50:16 PM PST by sistergoldenhair

57 posted on 02/14/2004 7:12:20 PM PST by StriperSniper (Manuel Miranda - Whistleblower)

58 posted on 02/14/2004 7:14:26 PM PST by bonfire

59 posted on 02/14/2004 7:28:25 PM PST by Highway55 ("You're either on the bus, or off the bus.")

gonzo ,
I sent the photos on this thread to a California research scientist , "friend". He sent me back this reply.
Please understand I do not doubt you, but , Mickey has been involved with the aircraft industry since the 40's!
He perfected the airfoil of the USAF Stealth for Northrop!

Shock waves begin to form on the best designed airplane at M = .80. That's what limits the cruise speed of jet transports. The drag goes up when shock waves form and the fuel costs become prohibitive. When the sun is right you can often see shadows of these shocks on the wing of a 707 or DC-8 flying at M = .80.

Those pictures of planes supposedly going supersonic need some explanation. It looks to me that at the instant of the picture the planes are going about M =.90? If it were going supersonic the condensation would not begin ahead of the shock since the air won't even know it's coming. (Notice if you can, that the condensation terminates at the local shock).

On my first day of work in 1947, at the NACA, Langley High Speed wind tunnel, I was assigned the job of reading the angle of the model at each test point by looking through a window with an inclinometer. Wow, I could see shock waves with my naked eye! I have been looking at them and calculating their properties ever since. There are a lot of misconceptions about shock waves even among top scientists.

If you want to understand shock waves or anything else, you better understand God's well proven laws of math and physics.

Shema Yisroel
Adenoi Elehanu
Adenoi Echod

Mickey,

70 posted on 02/15/2004 5:52:11 AM PST by Jack Armstrong (a Post Modern America adrift in the Dark)

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