Would you be able to talk to the guy in front of you?
2006-11-06 01:59:22 · 17 answers · asked by Polo 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The air inside the plane is effectively still relative to you. It would be no different to sitting in a stationary plane.
However, a pilot in a supersonic plane can't hear his engine sound transmitted through the air outside, only the sound carried through the plane structure and the air inside. When he or she is on the ground with the engine firing, they can hear the sound of the engine outside - or could if the helmet and cockpit canopy didn't muffle it.
2006-11-06 02:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by Paul FB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plane is moving the speed of sound.. the air in the cabin is moving relative to the outside of the plane. the air in the cabin is not moving relative to the people or the objects inside the plane. The media for moving sound is the air inside the cabin of the airplane so the answer to your question is, yes the guy in front of you will hear you normally.
Its essentially Einstiens theory of relativity at play here.. Everything is relative to something else.. for instance if you are in a car and you throw a ball up in the air and catch it.. the ball appears to YOU that it moves straight up and down. The ball appears to move in an arc to someone on the street standing still.
2006-11-06 02:11:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jonny B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously we require the use of sound waves to communicate verbally with one another. Sound waves propogate through the air. The cabin of a commercial aeroplane is closed and thus isolated from the air outside. Therefore, although the air outside the aeroplane might be moving with a velocity greater than the speed of sound with respect to the plane, the air inside the cabin will be stationary with repsect to the interior of the aeroplane. Thus sound waves will travel from one passenger to the next in much the same way as they would with everyone stood in a stationary room on the Earth's surface.
2006-11-06 02:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by Simon Ivell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the sound in the plane is not affected by the speed outside...sound does not travel as fast thru the material inside the plane...
2006-11-06 02:08:14 · answer #4 · answered by needsumthin2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is all to do with relativity, in fact you know the answer don`t you?
As far as you and the fella in front of you is concerned, relative to each other, you are stationary. Relative to the outside world?, travelling faster than the speed of sound. Simple. :o)
2006-11-06 04:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by Spanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't. It skill that by technique of the time the sound of the plane reaches your ears, the plane itself could have moved ahead and seem in a distinct position.
2016-11-28 20:16:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can. It's like the old question "If your driving at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights, will you be in front of it?", and with that too, no. I dont remember the reason, but its pretty much Impossible
2006-11-06 02:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by Bobby B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, as the guy behind you hears the conversation and gets confused
(Yes, you can have a normal conversation)
2006-11-06 02:00:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
presuming that the guy in front is on the same super-plane , of course I'd be able to speak to that guy in front , to the side , and to the back of me , just as long we were all in the same plane...................................
2006-11-06 02:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by josei boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I flew on Concorde, I don't remember any problems with conversation or hearing announcements.
2006-11-06 02:12:46 · answer #10 · answered by colin.christie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋