Coventry bang/shock wave

Jingo... · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:01

It's the Bath reports that are the most interesting - but then I would be more interested in something closer to home!

cm1179 · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:06

The Halk said:
Is that where they came from in the first place? What's the purpose of the Midlands anyway?

most pioneering music scene in the country, we gave you rave, rock n roll and indie

and poorly made cars

Nightglow · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:10

Jingo... said:
It's the Bath reports that are the most interesting - but then I would be more interested in something closer to home!

It was a very interesting evening, but I was too far away on other side of Bath to film anything.

Jingo... · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:15

Nightglow said:
It was a very interesting evening, but I was too far away on other side of Bath to film anything.

I take it you heard the furore however?

Curio · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:25

qqg3 said:
More common that not I think, I'd rather have a 'boom' than the noise the jets and choppers make when they go by at low-altitude, that noise is **** scary!

Where do you live? It's pretty rare to hear a sonic boom in the UK. I heard one in Cumbria a few years ago when they were testing the Typhoon, but that's about it.

I'm in the US and go to college a couple of days per week. The building I'm in is just a few hundred yards from the Air National Guard base. When the F-16s take off it's pretty awesome

They also have Blackhawks and sometimes you swear they're going to set down on the roof :eek:

Firestar_3x · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:28

qqg3 said:
Is this an entire thread about people in Coventry being scared of a sonic-boom?

RAF fly over daily here, nothing to get excited about.

They don't make sonic booms every day though do they, it's a very rare event to hear one over mainland uk.

Nutella33 · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:31

qqg3 said:
More common that not I think, I'd rather have a 'boom' than the noise the jets and choppers make when they go by at low-altitude, that noise is **** scary!

Choppers have a nice bass tone to them ( ESP chinnies) and jets are just a buzz and they both have a build up, a boom is out of nowhere usually and a substantial pressure wave, this one even rocked the AC I was on inside a hanger. Its def a unusual and odd occurrence, completely different to a jet flying over your house

BunnyKillBot · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:34

Squark said:
Coventry isn't that bad

Yes it bloomin is

Nobody who lives here, wants to live here. Its entirely a stop gap for people who want to settle anywhere else.

There is NOTHING to do here, that its quite frankly embarrassing when people come to stay.

wildman · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:38

qqg3 said:
More common that not I think, I'd rather have a 'boom' than the noise the jets and choppers make when they go by at low-altitude, that noise is **** scary!

I thought you only got the sonic boom when the accleration or speed of the aircraft changes. e.g if the jet is already at its peak velocity then the boom is at its quietest, so for it to be as audible/noticeable as being reported there would have been a change in velocity i.e the jet slowed down thus increasing the 'boom factor'

Physics is not my strong point

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom

SixTwoSix · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:43

BunnyKillBot said:
Yes it bloomin is Nobody who lives here, wants to live here. Its entirely a stop gap for people who want to settle anywhere else.

This...i've been here for 4 years while deciding where I want to be.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:46

Jingo... said:
It's the Bath reports that are the most interesting - but then I would be more interested in something closer to home!

Yup- I watched one of the Typhoons fly across the city then almost over my house.
I want one. I seriously want one...!

DoneADougalOnSofa · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:48

The noise when they turned for home and nailed the throttle was pretty incredible, too!

Liquidfox · 13 Apr 2012 at 15:49

wildman said:
I thought you only got the sonic boom when the accleration or speed of the aircraft changes. e.g if the jet is already at its peak velocity then the boom is at its quietest, so for it to be as audible/noticeable as being reported there would have been a change in velocity i.e the jet slowed down thus increasing the 'boom factor'

Physics is not my strong point

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom

As you've read, a Sonic Boom is caused by something going faster than sound.

Tefal · 13 Apr 2012 at 19:59

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17699357

sonic boom from two typhoons apparently

doh guess im too lslow

Tefal · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:01

wildman said:
I thought you only got the sonic boom when the accleration or speed of the aircraft changes. e.g if the jet is already at its peak velocity then the boom is at its quietest, so for it to be as audible/noticeable as being reported there would have been a change in velocity i.e the jet slowed down thus increasing the 'boom factor'

Physics is not my strong point

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom

the air is forced to move at supersonic speeds so goes from slow to very fast very quickly also from that wiki link

Since the boom is being generated continually as long as the aircraft is supersonic,

Curio · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:05

So did just one of them go supersonic then? I can't believe they both broke the sound barrier at the exact same second :confused:

EDIT: Actually, I guess I understand....the sonic boom is being produced continuously. Was always confused about whether it only happened at the point the plane broke the barrier.

Amp34 · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:20

Spenty said:
What a boring ending to this tale.

What?!

I thought that was an excellent story. It's not ever day you get to experience a sonic boom and I bet the Pilot secretly (or probably openly) loved it. Not just a supersonic interception but a supersonic interception over a major city legally...

Just a shame I live in the South, I guess there has to be some positives to living in Coventry..

NvidiaDan · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:28

Curio said:
So did just one of them go supersonic then? I can't believe they both broke the sound barrier at the exact same second

EDIT: Actually, I guess I understand....the sonic boom is being produced continuously. Was always confused about whether it only happened at the point the plane broke the barrier.

Where did you read this? From watching various videos it sounds like it's just one short bang.

Amp34 · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:29

qqg3 said:
More common that not I think, I'd rather have a 'boom' than the noise the jets and choppers make when they go by at low-altitude, that noise is **** scary!

Really? You have to have a VERY good reason to be going supersonic over the UK mainland so you're very unlikely to hear one onshore in the UK...

Unless of course you live in the US, in which case I have no idea!

Curio said:
Where do you live? It's pretty rare to hear a sonic boom in the UK. I heard one in Cumbria a few years ago when they were testing the Typhoon, but that's about it.

I'm in the US and go to college a couple of days per week. The building I'm in is just a few hundred yards from the Air National Guard base. When the F-16s take off it's pretty awesome They also have Blackhawks and sometimes you swear they're going to set down on the roof

I was "lucky" enough to be standing at (basically) the end of a runway when a C5 landed a couple of years ago. A road I was walking on went past the start of the runway - with it being a fence and then the start of the runway right next door - and I was directly under it when it was making it's approach... Rather LOUD is all I can say...

I was also lucky enough to be walking in some mountains in Spain when a Mirage shot over my head at a few hundred feet. I saw it... for about a second...

Tefal · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:32

Amp34 said:
I was also lucky enough to be walking in some mountains in Spain when a Mirage shot over my head at a few hundred feet. I saw it... for about a second...

Go to snowdonia little bit of climbing and you can watch them flying past from above and very close

including big transport planes