Have you taken supersonic aircraft?
Overpressures of 1 to 2 pounds are produced by supersonic aircraft flying at normal operating altitudes.
This is, of course, the reason why a sonic boom hits us with all its fury from a supersonic aircraft but not from a subsonic one.
Overpressures of 1 to 2 pounds are produced by supersonic aircraft flying at normal operating altitudes. Some public reaction could be expected between 1.5 and 2 pounds.
Since the angle of the shock is a function of the body angle, supersonic aircraft have very sharp noses and leading edges so that the oblique shock wave is produced at as small an angle as possible.
