supersonic flight
Faster than sound
Supersonic flight is travel faster than the speed of sound—roughly 767 miles per hour at sea level.
Military jets routinely achieve supersonic speeds, while commercial supersonic travel peaked with the Concorde (1976–2003).
An aircraft crossing the sound barrier creates a sonic boom.
The fighter jet went supersonic over the desert.
- ConcordeSupersonic passenger aircraft
- test pilotAviator who evaluates new aircraft
- Mach numberRatio to sonic velocity
- Mach 2Twice acoustic velocity
- military reconnaissanceArmed forces surveillance operations
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- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- 20th century inventionsTV, radio, television, telephone, airplane
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, aviation pioneers
- Aviation milestonesWright brothers, sound barrier, Concorde, SR-71, jet engine
- aviation innovationjet engine, autopilot, radar, GPS, black box
- flight eventstakeoff, landing, liftoff, launch, descent
supersonic flightgrounded
Stable and realistic
stationary · at rest · immobile · earthbound · standstill
supersonic flightwalking
Locomotion on foot
crawling · sailing · ground transportation · snail's pace · stationary