As an airplane flies faster than the speed of sound, it "pushes" on the sound waves in front of it. But sound waves obey the speed limit—they can't travel faster than the speed of sound. So the waves ...
This video shows the shock wave of a MiG-29 Fulcrum flying past Mach 1.0 during an Edge of Space flight. The following was shot by famous aviation video producer Artur Sarkysian for MigFlug, a company ...