Submitted by Ssider69 t3_ybus15 in technology
happyscrappy t1_itj15b8 wrote
Reply to comment by peter-doubt in NASA poised to break sound barrier without the sonic boom by Ssider69
Meteors did it before 1944 and in many places other than Germany.
PorkyMcRib t1_itj51ru wrote
And rifle bullets. The Bell X1 was shaped somewhat like the .50BMG bullet, a shape known to be stable at supersonic speeds.
Ok-Welder-4816 t1_itj60u3 wrote
And every time you crack a whip, or a towel.
dumpmaster42069 t1_itkwp3f wrote
Or there is an explosion or a
Imaginary-Location-8 t1_itl9pky wrote
WHAT!? that’s gotta be bull..
Bensemus t1_itniup1 wrote
The crack is the tip breaking the sound barrier. A towel is just a really shitty whip.
happyscrappy t1_itj64zc wrote
And whip tails.
I wonder, is there a complete list of everything that went supersonic within the Earth's atmosphere before the X-1 did?
alucarddrol t1_itjk9lj wrote
some insect have different appendages that strike at supersonic speeds
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