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762mph at sea level.

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Q: What rate of speed is necessary to break the sound barrier in mph?
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Can a cobra helicopter break the sound barrier?

No helicopters can break the sound barrier. The fastest speed achieved be a helicopter is 249 mph.


What do you break when you travel faster than the speed of sound?

The sound barrier


How do you break a sound barrier?

You break the sound barrier by moving at a speed that is faster than the speed that sound travels. In dry air, sound moves 768 mph which about 1 mile in 5 sec.


Are there any guns that can break the sound barrier?

Most modern guns DO fire bullets that break the sound barrier. That is, their bullets travel faster than the speed of sound when they are fired.


Do all bullets break the sound barrier?

No, most bullets however do break the sound barrier, at roughly 1100 fps is the speed of sound. Some of the smaller pistal rounds like the 9mm go about 900 fps to about 1050 fps. So there you have it not all bullets break the sound barrier.


Is there a sonic boom at Mach 2?

Once you break the sound barrier you produce a "boom" as long as you are above the speed of sound. Regardless of the speed.


Who was the first person to fly at speed great enough to break the sound barrier?

charles yeager


How can planes fly 596 mph when going to Europe and not break the sound barrier?

Because breaking the sound barrier requires exceeding the speed of sound. The speed of sound is approximately 761 miles per hour at seal level at an the air temperature of 59 degrees Fahrenheit.


Who is Chuck Yeager and what did Chuck Yeager do first?

break the sound barrier


Can a burette travels faster than a sound?

Yes if you could manage to launch it at a high enough speed it could break the sound barrier.


How fast dio you have to go to break the sound barrier?

"Breaking the sound barrier" means that you go faster than the speed of sound. The speed of sound varies depending on various circumstances; in air, it is typically about 340 meters per second.


If a plane is flying at 700 MPH with a 100 MPH tail wind and the sound barrier is 660 MPH will it break the sound barrier?

At 700mph( its' ability to go 600 plus 100 more pushing him) it already broke your speed of sound barrier of 660mph.