Image:FA-18 Hornet breaking sound barrier (7 July 1999).jpg

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U.S. Navy F/A-18 at transonic speed. The cloud is due to the Prandtl-Glauert singularity.

Description

Off the coast of Pusan, South Korea: 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). The image was an Astronomy Picture of the Day on August 19, 2007.
Source

http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=1445, Photo number: 990707-N-6483G-001
Date

photo taken on 7. Jul. 1999
Author

Ensign John Gay, U.S. Navy
Permission
(Reusing this image)

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Public domain This image is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 25, 2005. It was captioned as followed:
English: A FA‑18 Hornet breaks the sound barrier
Česky: Letoun FA-18 Hornet v okamžiku překročení rychlosti zvuku.
Dansk: En Boeing F/A-18 Hornet går gennem lydmuren
Deutsch: Ein FA-18 Hornet durchbricht die Schallmauer
English: A FA‑18 Hornet breaks the sound barrier
Esperanto: FA‑18 Hornet romp la sonmuro
Español: Condensación producida tras un F/A‑18 Hornet en el momento de traspasar la barrera del sonido.
Suomi: FA-18 Hornet -hävittäjä rikkoo äänivallin
Français : Un FA‑18 Hornet franchissant le mur du son.
Italiano: UN FA‑18 Hornet rompe la Barriera del suono.
日本語: 音速の壁を突破するF/A-18 ホーネット
Nederlands: Een F/A-18 Hornet doorbreekt de geluidsbarrière
Polski: Samolot F/A-18 Hornet w momencie przekraczania bariery dźwięku.
Português: Um FA‑18 Hornet quebrando a barreira do som
Русский: Истребитель FA‑18 Hornet проходит звуковой барьер
Svenska: En Boeing F/A-18 Hornet går igenom ljudvallen
‪中文(简体)‬: F/A-18大黄蜂号超音速飞机正在穿越声障
‪中文(繁體)‬: F/A-18黃蜂式戰鬥攻擊機正在穿越聲障

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