NASA succeeded in first photography showing shock wave interaction by two supersonic aircraft

NASA succeeded for the first time in taking pictures showing the interaction of the shock waves produced by two supersonic aircraft, following the shockwave picture created by supersonic aircraft taken in 2015.

NASA Captures Supersonic Shock Interaction | NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/supersonic-shockwave-interaction.html

The photograph was taken at NASA 's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California by the air - to - air background oriented Schlieren method . The subject is a jet fighter aircraft training machine · T-38 , the following aircraft are about 9 m away and are flying about 3 m below. Shooting was done from B - 200 (Beach Craft King Air) which flew directly under T - 38.

The original photo is black and white, but the colorized synthetic image is also released.

According to Neil Smith of Ames Research Center , it is confirmed that the shock wave is bent due to the interaction when looking at the following T - 38, and the data is the development of the low noise and low sonic boom supersonic speed machine X - 59 It is said to be made use of.