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Shockwaves produced by a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C

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Apr 14, 2017
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Shockwaves produced by a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C.
Shockwaves produced by a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C

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Shockwaves produced by a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C banking at Mach 1.05 are captured by a new ground-operated camera and filter to study flow patterns and provide NASA engineers with methods of furthering research toward developing a soft “thump” in place of heavy sonic boom. This image is part of the patented Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO) project. Read more.

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