Would the pilot of an airplane breaking the sound barrier hear a sonic boom?

When a pilot flies the plane at a speed greater than the velocity of sound then shock waves are generated behind the plane , therefore for a pilot it is not possible to hear sonic boom (explosion of noise caused by shock waves) , as he is moving forward ahead of sonic boom .



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The power, or volume, of the shock wave depends on the quantity of air that is being accelerated, and thus the size and shape of the aircraft. As the aircraft increases speed the shock cone gets tighter around the craft and becomes weaker to the point that at very high speeds and altitudes no boom is heard.

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Fifty years ago, the federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land. The rule prohibits non-military aircraft from flying faster than sound so their resulting sonic booms won't startle the public below or concern them about potential property damage.

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The higher intensity of aircraft noise than that of other sound sources leads to the development of noise-induced hearing loss in pilots.

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Fifty years ago, the federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land. The rule prohibits non-military aircraft from flying faster than sound so their resulting sonic booms won't startle the public below or concern them about potential property damage.

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In 2003, British Airways and Air France both stopped Concorde service. Sonic booms are still heard in the U.S. from the nation's military aircraft. In 2021, a sonic boom from F-15 fighter jets caused widespread concern that there was an earthquake on the Oregon coast.

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A sonic boom is a loud noise that people on the ground can hear when an aircraft, for example, breaks the sound barrier by traveling faster than the speed of sound. Supersonic flight is banned over land in the US without special government authorization because of the inconvenient noises and tremors it can produce.

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