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Jet Aircraft Breaking the Sound Barrier
Netlore Archive:  Emailed images capture the formation of condensation clouds around jet aircraft flying near the speed of sound

Description:  Emailed images
Circulating since:  July 2005
Status:  Authentic
Analysis:  See comments		  


Email example contributed by Gail P., 4 August 2005:

Fw: Sound Barrier

This phenomena only happens at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier and it literally looks like the aircraft goes through a wall. I hope you find these pictures interesting.

CORRECTED CAPTION: Photo of Air Force Rockwell B-1B Lancer strategic bomber taken by Gregg Stansbery, July 12, 2002 (copyrighted)
B-1B Spirit

CORRECTED CAPTION: Photo of U.S. Navy F-18 Hornet (source unknown)
F-18 Blue Angel

CORRECTED CAPTION: Photo of U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet taken by Andreas Zeitler, September 25, 2004 (copyrighted)
FA-18 Super Hornet

CORRECTED CAPTION: Pacific Ocean (Jan. 29, 2004) – Lt. Col. William 'Chester' Waldron, Commanding Officer of the 'Black Knights' of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VMFA-314) performs a supersonic fly-by for Columbia's Visual effects unit, while filming for the upcoming motion picture production 'Stealth' on board USS Carl Vinson. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Chris M. Valdez
F-18's

CORRECTED CAPTION: Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 22, 2003) -- An F-14B Tomcat assigned to the 'Swordsmen' of Fighter Squadron Thirty Seven (VF-32) reaches the sound barrier during a low altitude super sonic fly by, during an air wing flight demonstration for the crew aboard USS Harry S. Truman. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Justin S. Osborne
F-14 Tomcat

CORRECTED CAPTION: Off the coast of Pusan, South Korea, July 7, 1999 -- An F/A-18 Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One (VFA-151) breaks the sound barrier in the skies over the Pacific Ocean. VFA-151 is deployed aboard USS Constellation (CVN 64). U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Gay
Another F-18 Hornet.

CORRECTED CAPTION: Photo of U.S. Navy F-14B 'Tomcat' (source unknown, probably U.S. Navy)
F-14 Tomcat

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