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When people say you can see a fighter jet before you hear it, they’re referring to supersonic flight: fighter jets can travel at around Mach 2. Advertisement. Advertisement.

Key point: In the Cold War race for more advanced weapons, Washington really wanted a supersonic fighter. The result was the F-100 that was both useful but also had many birthing pains. On October ...

When people say you can see a fighter jet before you hear it, they’re referring to supersonic flight: fighter jets can travel at around Mach 2.

Noise is a real problem for supersonic flight. Remember the fighter jets? When a plane travels supersonically, its shock waves propagate to the ground, causing loud disturbances called sonic booms.

In supersonic flight these disturbances combine to form shock waves around the vehicle. When people say you can see a fighter jet before you hear it, they’re referring to supersonic flight ...