Re:The 'war tubas' we used to spot warplanes before radar (2...
by Ididntdothis on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:01AM
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When I was at military I attended a few exercises where jets were involved. They don’t go supersonic but pretty close to it so usually once you start hearing something it’s almost over. It’s actually quite terrifying to have a jet coming at you at 800 km/h at low altitude. Very surprising, then very loud and incredibly fast. You also hear passing by jets only once they are long gone. I assume radar is just much better than sound.
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Re:The 'war tubas' we used to spot warplanes before radar (2...
by jacquesm on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:51PM
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Not just jets, a regular propeller based plane can have that effect:
Re:The 'war tubas' we used to spot warplanes before radar (2...
by Ididntdothis on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:02PM
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Now double or triple the speed, make it much louder and you have a jet.