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"Compressibility affects how the airflow goes around the body and that can change things like lift, drag, and thrust required to take off or stay airborne."

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025

"Compressibility burble" is a sharp break away of the airflow from the upper wing surface like the bow-waves of a ship, leaving the air directly behind extremely rarefied.

From Time Magazine Archive

Compressibility burble is a phenomenon which appears at speeds of 500 m.p.h. or higher.

From Time Magazine Archive