This effect happens continuously as long as the plane is traveling faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms are not a one time thing that only happens when you “break the sound barrier”. The concept of it being a barrier at all comes from before we could go that fast and it was believed to be impossible due to infinitely increasing drag as you approach it.
This effect happens continuously as long as the plane is traveling faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms are not a one time thing that only happens when you “break the sound barrier”. The concept of it being a barrier at all comes from before we could go that fast and it was believed to be impossible due to infinitely increasing drag as you approach it.