AirBOS4
Composite image of Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) data (contour) with a cut-out images of the T-38’s during a Mach Number 1.01 pass. This data is the first time shockwave interactions between two full scale aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound have been imaged and shown with schlieren visualization. Original recording of the pass taken in the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor at near Edwards AFB in December of 2018. Image acquired by JT Heineck, schlieren data processed by Neal Smith.
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NASA ID
AD21-0016-003_F4_P4_plane_drop_v
Date Created
December 12, 2018
Center
ARC
Media Type
image
Photographer
JT Heineck
Location
NASA Ames Research Center
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