Can you hear anything if you travel faster than sound?

Yes, wind can travel faster than the speed of sound. Wind is just the bulk movement of a mass of air through space and is in principle no different from a train speeding along or a comet zipping through space. Wind speed is the speed of a chunk of air moving relative to a stationary, external observer.

What happens if a plane flies faster than the speed of sound?

Anything exceeding the speed of sound creates a “sonic boom”, not just airplanes. An airplane, a bullet, or the tip of a bullwhip can create this effect; they all produce a crack. This pressure change created by the sonic boom can be quite damaging.

What happens when a plane hits Mach 1?

When the object has passed over the observer, the pressure disturbance waves (Mach waves) radiate toward the ground, causing a sonic boom. Then, just as the aircraft bursts through the sound barrier, the air is locally disturbed by the resulting shock wave and the condensation/vapor cloud disappears.

Is it possible to fly faster than the speed of sound?

In the eras before us, our earlier scientist believed it impossible for man to fly or to travel faster than the speed of sound; however, with imagination, discovery, and with persistence… those beliefs were eventually proven wrong. In fact the laws of physics are not actually absolute laws at all, but are only “laws of theory”.

Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light?

In theory (not necessarily a fact) according to Albert Einstein we cannot travel faster than the speed of light. In the eras before us, our earlier scientist believed it impossible for man to fly or to travel faster than the speed of sound; however, with imagination, discovery, and with persistence… those beliefs were eventually proven wrong.

Does time slow down when you travel?

Physicist: Yup! But sadly, this will never happen. This is a good news / really bad news situation. On the one hand, it is true (for all intents and purposes) that if you travel fast enough, time will slow down and you’ll get to your destination is surprisingly little time.

Why can’t we fly supersonic over the Atlantic Ocean?

An aircraft surpassing the speed of sound generates a shock wave that produces a loud booming sound as it passes overhead; fine, perhaps, over the Atlantic Ocean, but many countries banned supersonic flights over their land. The sonic-boom problem “was pretty much a show-stopper for supersonic transports,” says Drela.