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Schlieren Supersonic Shock Waves

One of the greatest challenges of the fourth phase of Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights, or AirBOS flight series was...
A pair of T-38s flying in formation at supersonic speeds.
Schlieren photography image of two T-38 aircraft creating shockwaves.
A pair of T-38 aircraft creating shockwaves during supersonic flight.
Schlieren image of a T-38 aircraft creating shock waves during supersonic flight.
A U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 is captured, using a special filtered camera.
NASA used a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38 aircraft and cameras with a special filter on the ground...
Shockwave images from USAF T-38.
Shockwaves produced by a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School T-38C.
Engineers await T-38C visible shockwave data.
NASA is using a modern version of a 150-year-old German photography technique — schlieren imagery — to visualize supersonic flow...
NASA uses schlieren imagery to visualize supersonic flow phenomena.
This schlieren image of a T-38C was captured using the patented Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO) technique and...
This schlieren image of a T-38C was captured using the patented BOSCO technique.
Schlieren image revealing shock waves created by a supersonic T-38C.
This schlieren image of shock waves created by a T-38C in supersonic flight was captured using the sun’s edge as...
Schlieren image of shock waves created by a T-38C in supersonic flight
This schlieren image dramatically displays the shock wave of a supersonic jet flying over the Mojave Desert.
A T-38C from the Air Force Test Pilot School served as a target for NASA’s schlieren imaging system.
A T-38C from the Air Force Test Pilot School served as a target for NASA’s schlieren imaging system.
NASA is using a 21st century version of schlieren imagery, invented by a German physicist in 1864, to visualize supersonic...
NASA is using a 21st century version of schlieren imagery to visualize supersonic flow.
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