Supersonic speed
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Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound. For objects traveling in dry air of a temperature of 20 °C at sea level, this speed is approximately 343.2 m/s. Speeds great
A United States Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet in transonic flight
U.S. Navy F/A-18 approaching the speed of sound. The white cloud forms as a result of the supersonic expansion fans dropping the air temperature below the dew point.
British Airways Concorde in early BA livery at London-Heathrow Airport, in the early 1980s
Transonic
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Transonic flow is air flowing around an object at a speed that generates regions of both subsonic and supersonic airflow around that object. The exact range of speeds depends on the object's critical
Aerodynamic condensation evidences of supersonic expansion fans around a transonic F/A-18
Shock waves may appear as weak optical disturbances above airliners with supercritical wings