Several military flyovers today

[apac]

Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair were flying fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

 

[scorpmatt]

just aim, fire, repeat

 

[BrownTown]

I live pretty close to where they were testing the F22s during production, and we did hear sonic booms every once in awhile.

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

Ah, well then they've all definitely been supersonic, and those first two were low enough that I could see them under the cloud cover.

 

[Injury]

Are the Rockies playing their season opener today?

I heard flyovers all day from the Reds season opener.

 

[apac]

Originally posted by: Injury
Are the Rockies playing their season opener today?

I heard flyovers all day from the Reds season opener.

Hey, good one! Rockies season opener is 2:05 pm today, I bet that was for the pregame show.

 

[prontospyder]

Heard them fly over the office here in Denver about 30 min ago. It was loud!

 

[speed01]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

Not exactly...For steady supersonic flight, the boom is described as a carpet boom since it moves with the aircraft as it maintains supersonic speed and altitude.
From here

Speed

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: apac

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

Ah, well then they've all definitely been supersonic, and those first two were low enough that I could see them under the cloud cover.

they weren't supersonic.

All jet aircraft will cause rumblking when they fly over unless they are at great altitude. There are strict regulations on where, when, and why aircraft can go supersonic, and they are pretty limited.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

LOL, so wrong!

 

[SVT Cobra]

Yup opening days today.

 

[AMDZen]

Originally posted by: prontospyder
Heard them fly over the office here in Denver about 30 min ago. It was loud!

Me too, I work about 8 blocks south of coors field (qwest building)

 

[bwatson283]

I live at The Breakers and I have heard a a lot today, making their way to back Buckley. I guess.

 

[drinkmorejava]

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

Please tell me you're not an aero major.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava

Originally posted by: Zolty

Originally posted by: apac
Any reason there would be so many in Colorado today? They all appear to be going from Ft. Collins to Colorado Springs, but there have been at least 6. The first pair flying were fast enough that I heard/felt the vibrations in my house with the windows closed and thought "WTF, tornado?" (no sonic boom though).

sonic boom only occurs when the sound barrier is broken if they are already supersonic you would just hear the rumbling.

Please tell me you're not an aero major.

It should be obvious that he's just an armchair general.

 

[Safeway]

They are going to war, man!