It turns out breaking the sound barrier is a lot easier than dealing with the repercussions of it.
One year later, the Federal Aviation Administration launched Operation Bongo II, in which the Air Force flew bomber aircraft eight times per day over Oklahoma City to gauge the effects of sonic booms on the public. Unsurprisingly, city residents were not thrilled about the daily disruptions. Oklahomans alleged that service dogs were too frightened to do their jobs, older adults suffered falls, windows broke, and ceiling lights fell. Even flocks of chickens “.
European countries and the Soviet Union continued developing supersonic passenger aircraft during this time. The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 and the United Kingdom and French-led Concorde flew passengers at supersonic speeds in the 1970s, but both ceased commercial service for a number of reasons including safety concerns, lagging public interest, and noise complaints that limited where the planes could fly.
“When my students ask what a sonic boom sounds like, I’ll take my fist and slam the desk as hard as I can twice,” Miller said, even though multiple air waves are to blame. The design of the X-59 is also meant to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom—turning it into “more of a sonic heartbeat,” according to. The aircraft has a slender nose to reduce drag and limit the volume of air compressed as the plane flies through; the intakes for the engines are above the plane, as these can produce their own sonic booms that would reach the ground if mounted underneath the aircraft; and the X-59 flies slower than the Concorde did to decrease the sonic boom it produces.
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