This creates a sonic boom. Sonic Boom When a plane pushes through a shockwave it creates a sonic boom. The noise is the result of breaking through the air waves which form in front of a fast moving plane.
When Mach 1 is reached, a loud, thunderous clap is heard by observers on the ground. This noise is known as the 'sonic boom,' and is also referred to as 'breaking the sound barrier.
Congress had just banned Concorde landings in the US, mainly due to citizen protest over sonic booms, preventing launch on the coveted transatlantic routes. However, the U.S.
Flight at supersonic speed creates more noise than flight at subsonic speeds, due to the phenomenon of sonic booms. This limits supersonic flights to areas of low population density or open ocean.
first flew the Concorde two months later and eventually produced a number of those fast, but small, jets for commercial service. U.S. efforts, on the other hand, stalled in 1971 due to public concern about its expense and the sonic boom produced by ...
months later and eventually produced a number of those fast, but small, jets for commercial service. U.S. efforts to produce a supersonic passenger jet, on the other hand, stalled in 1971 due to public concern about it?s expense and the sonic boom ...
 See also: Wing, Speed, Fuselage, Aircraft, Airline
  
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