Photo by Bernard Zee

Every year in the San Francisco Bay one thing you cannot loose is the San Francisco Fleetweek, particularly the airshow of the Blue Angels, U. S. Navy’s Acrobatic Squadron. The most amazing and expected moment is when one of the F-18 Hornet passing under the Golden Gate Bridge flies over the fleet of spectators grazing the transonic speed, just 5 meters above the sea!!! Here are some stunning picture of that moment from the 2007 edition by Bernard Zee:


Photo by Bernard Zee

Photo by Bernard Zee

Photo by Bernard Zee

Photo by Bernard Zee

Photo by Bernard Zee

In this last picture you could easily take a close look to the shockwave air distortions:



And here are two videos, so you could apreciate the whole thing in motion... we're speaking about 700mph (1126kmh!)



In this second video the F18 almost reach the supersonic speed and creates what's called a Prandtl-Glauert condensation cloud... amazing!



If you want too see other pictures from the 2007 San Francisco Fleetweek Airshow check the entire Bernard Zee's Gallery