Another big “boom” in the skies of Périgord this Thursday, November 14. For the second time in two weeks, comments multiplied on social networks wondering where the sound of explosion heard around 9:30 a.m. from Bergerac to Sarlat passing through Milhac-d'Auberoche and the Vern region.
The Departmental Military Delegation of Dordogne confirms that a “supersonic fighter plane” broke the sound barrier in this time slot. Noise can be heard differently from the ground depending on the winds and terrain.
A practice flight between Mont-de-Marsan and Clermont-Ferrand
According to the army, the hunter was in exercise flight scheduled between Mont-de-Marsan air base no. 118 in Landes, and Clermont-Ferrand, in Puy-de-Dôme. Fighter jets choose to pass the sound barrier over sparsely populated areas. They mainly practice at sea, but must also practice passing it over land.
Tuesday, November 5 already, a plane had passed the sound barrier above the Dordognecausing a great noise which had questioned the inhabitants.
