University of Arizona

Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering

 Gasdynamics AME 323 - Spring 2007

Four BlueAngels F/A-18 Hornets from the US Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, fly in tight Diamond Formation, maintaining 18'' wingtip-to-canopy separation.

Instructor:

Prof. Cho Lik Chan

cholik@email.arizona.edu

 

Teaching Assistant & Webmaster:

Amir S. Gohardani

amirg@email.arizona.edu

Office Hours:  Thursday 13.00-15.00, N320 AME building

A photograph of the sound barrier being broken by a US Navy Jet as it crosses the Pacific Ocean at the speed of sound just 75 feet above the ocean.

Shot by Mr. John Gay from the top of an aircraft carrier. The photo won First Prize in the science and technology division of the World Press Photo 2000 contest .

 


 


  Amir S. Gohardani, University of Arizona, 2007.