![]() The waves propagating in front of the plane get crowded together by the motion of the plane. Exactly why is this speed called the sound barrier?Ī plane produces sound that radiates out from the plane in all directions. At 68° F the speed of sound is about 343 m/s or 767 mph at sea level. The speed of a sound wave actually varies with temperature and air density, increasing about 0.6 m/s for every Centigrade degree temperature increase. The speed at which sound travels is known as the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager fired the X-1 engine and was accelerated past the sound barrier becoming the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound. On October 14, 1947, a small, almost rocket type plane called the Bell X-1 was dropped from a large B-29. What happens when something breaks the sound barrier? April 2001
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