Does a pilot that breaks the sound barrier hear the sonic boom?

Question

Does a pilot that breaks the sound barrier hear the sonic boom?

Answer 1

No, you do feel some buffet but not much. In fact, if one isn't looking at the machmeter, you don't much realize it.  It's kind of anti-climatic.

Answer 2

Yes! See the link...

Answer 3

nope. he cant hear it because the sound of it cant catch him.lol

Answer 4

Yes! He feels it too!

Answer 5

Nope

It happens behind the pilot, and since he/she is going faster than sound, it never catches up to his or her ears.

Answer 6

No he cannot hear the sonic boom however he feels the buffeting caused due to turbulence. he cannot hear because sonic boom being a shock wave is in shape of cone. to avoid damage to aircraft , it's designed in a way that this shockwave is clear of wing tips. so if the shock wave does not touch the tips , how can it reach the c**k pit, hence no sonic boom only turbulence created while breaking the barrier is felt. also lot of power is required to break the barrier hence lot's of vibration is present too.

Answer 7

No he doesn't.  You can feel it if you're not busy doing something else, sort of a release as you break through the bow wave; like driving out of mud and on to pavement.

Answer 8

https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/archi...

(I was just reading this the other night.)

Answer 9

No, a sonic boom is actually a very rapid change in ir pressure that travels in a cone shaped wave. This is why we call it a shockwave. At any point on the aircraft during thr flight, the air pressure is more or less unchanging. At least, it doesn't change rapidly enough for the pilot to hear the boom. Think of it as the pilot riding just behind the sonic boom. He's travelling with it, so it never passes over him. Anyone outside being passed will hear it because the wave actually moves over them. Another way of imagining it is a swimmer. Because he's making the wave with his head and shoulders, as he moves through the water, he doesn't feel the wave. It's moving out away from him. Anybody nearby will feel it pass, though.