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.
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.
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.
Overpressures of 1 to 2 pounds are produced by supersonic aircraft flying at normal operating altitudes.
Have you taken supersonic aircraft?
