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SABCA F-16AM Block 20 MLU FA-123 BeAF | RIAT 2015
Flying fast and creating shock waves. Although the aircraft is traveling at subsonic speed, locally the air can go supersonic. Two sets of shock waves are created: the first set as the air accelerates through Mach=1 and the second set as the air goes back Mach<1. The second set becomes visible due to the static pressure drop at the normal shock wave back into subsonic, which causes the air moisture to condense. Thus fluffy white clouds appear around the engine intake and around the tail. F-16AM Falcon FA-123 of the Belgian Air Force during the Royal International Air Tattoo 2015 in Fairford UK.
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SABCA F-16AM Block 20 MLU FA-123 BeAF | RIAT 2015
Flying fast and creating shock waves. Although the aircraft is traveling at subsonic speed, locally the air can go supersonic. Two sets of shock waves are created: the first set as the air accelerates through Mach=1 and the second set as the air goes back Mach<1. The second set becomes visible due to the static pressure drop at the normal shock wave back into subsonic, which causes the air moisture to condense. Thus fluffy white clouds appear around the engine intake and around the tail. F-16AM Falcon FA-123 of the Belgian Air Force during the Royal International Air Tattoo 2015 in Fairford UK.
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