Comments on: Why when I see commercial aircraft in the sky are they ahead of their sound? http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound Sound Barriers and Noise Reduction for Home Music Studios Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: bitconfused http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound/comment-page-1#comment-3726 bitconfused Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:41:59 +0000 http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound#comment-3726 they are pretty high up so that can contribute to the sound delay. but they DO NOT fly supersonic. the concord was the only commercial aircraft to go supersonic but thats out of use now.<br><b>References : </b><br> they are pretty high up so that can contribute to the sound delay. but they DO NOT fly supersonic. the concord was the only commercial aircraft to go supersonic but thats out of use now.
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]]> By: mr.perfesser http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound/comment-page-1#comment-3725 mr.perfesser Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:26:59 +0000 http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound#comment-3725 If a commercial airplane is directly above you, it is probably 5 miles up. If you are looking at it from some other angle, it may be 10 or 15 miles away. The sound can take anywhere from 30 to 90 seconds to reach you, during which time the plane travels somewhere between 2 miles and 7 miles in a straight line. If you can pinpoint the location of a sound 10 miles away you have some unusually good ears, but you would hear it coming from several miles behind the plane.<br><b>References : </b><br> If a commercial airplane is directly above you, it is probably 5 miles up. If you are looking at it from some other angle, it may be 10 or 15 miles away. The sound can take anywhere from 30 to 90 seconds to reach you, during which time the plane travels somewhere between 2 miles and 7 miles in a straight line.

If you can pinpoint the location of a sound 10 miles away you have some unusually good ears, but you would hear it coming from several miles behind the plane.
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]]> By: Fuzzy108 http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound/comment-page-1#comment-3724 Fuzzy108 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:04:59 +0000 http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound#comment-3724 No, you are quite a ways away from the plane maybe a few miles. Sound travels at around 800 miles an hour or less, so it takes a little while for the sound waves to hit your ear, therefore the delay from where the plane is to where you hear the sound coming from.<br><b>References : </b><br> No, you are quite a ways away from the plane maybe a few miles. Sound travels at around 800 miles an hour or less, so it takes a little while for the sound waves to hit your ear, therefore the delay from where the plane is to where you hear the sound coming from.
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]]> By: OldPilot http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound/comment-page-1#comment-3723 OldPilot Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:56:59 +0000 http://www.woolyinc.com/5/why-when-i-see-commercial-aircraft-in-the-sky-are-they-ahead-of-their-sound#comment-3723 No. Light travels faster than sound. So you see the airliner about where it is. The sound comes from where it was.<br><b>References : </b><br> No. Light travels faster than sound. So you see the airliner about where it is. The sound comes from where it was.
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