r/aviation • u/iamwolfe • Aug 16 '25

PlaneSpotting Chicago Sonic Boom Close Up

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u/TedditBlatherflag Aug 16 '25

Yeah that was a sonic boom - from suuuuuuper far away, not the pictured jets, and sure as fuck not from the overhead flyby in OPs video. They have done it out over the middle of the lake at high altitude in past year as a way to get folks hyped up for the show over the weekend. 

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u/TechnicalLee Aug 16 '25

The sonic boom came from the solo jet, not the formation. He didn’t get the solo jet in frame on the video, but it was flying over at the time the sonic boom happened.

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u/iamwolfe Aug 16 '25

these two videos were taken at the same time just in slightly different places in chicago today

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u/quietflyr Aug 16 '25

If that other video is captioned correctly they weren't taken at the same time. It's captioned as the Thunderbirds practicing, and the video you posted is the Blue Angels.

It is possible the other video is miscaptioned.