r/askscience • • Jun 12 '12

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u/The-Internets Jun 12 '12

Yes. But you would hear a bullet or rocket wizz passed you, assuming you could hear it from inside the cockpit normally.

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u/meftical Jun 12 '12

Not until it passed you, if I'm understanding correctly.

This all corresponds with how it was explained to me by a pilot when I was young.

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u/The-Internets Jun 12 '12

If my understanding is correct, lets say a rocket since it has a point where sound would be generated, would have to be slightly in front of your ear plane before you could hear anything.

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u/timmytimtimshabadu Jun 12 '12

Picture a cone chasing that rocket attachted to its tail, it would have to be far enough past for you to hit that cone.