a few things to wrap this up for me, and thank you for your civil answer to a not so civil comment.
1st: I should have made this a 'yes and' rather than a 'no but' comment. It's a well written article with nice illustrations, and you put in the time to do so and share it with the world. Thank you for that!
2nd: Obviously you're right that it's possible to calculate the distance to plane by observing when it passes a certain point and then measuring the time until the sound hits you from that very point.
3rd: My smartassery still stands that "How far behind a plane is its noise?" is a misleading way to frame it - the noise is not behind the plane at all, it's actually significantly ahead of it. But (!), again, I should have made that a 'yes, and' instead, to add a facet to your nice article.
a few things to wrap this up for me, and thank you for your civil answer to a not so civil comment.
1st: I should have made this a 'yes and' rather than a 'no but' comment. It's a well written article with nice illustrations, and you put in the time to do so and share it with the world. Thank you for that!
2nd: Obviously you're right that it's possible to calculate the distance to plane by observing when it passes a certain point and then measuring the time until the sound hits you from that very point.
3rd: My smartassery still stands that "How far behind a plane is its noise?" is a misleading way to frame it - the noise is not behind the plane at all, it's actually significantly ahead of it. But (!), again, I should have made that a 'yes, and' instead, to add a facet to your nice article.
Cheers, and hope to read from you again!