LexX said:

SilverWook said:

Find a video of a real spaceship swooping down low over a lake, and that will settle the matter. 😉

Exactly, you do that to prove me wrong.

Edit:
well here you go, and these are supersonic while Falcon is slowing down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWGLAAYdbbc

Good enough for you?

I know I’m late to the party. And: warning, even nerdier alert coming…

Those are NOT supersonic. The Blue Angel is approaching the speed of sound and is very probably transonic (where localized airflow in small areas may occasionally go supersonic but not across the whole aircraft and therefore not generating a sonic boom). If the airplane WAS supersonic it would be entirely out in front of the shockwave, not engulfed in it.

And the F-14 is just a painting, but it depicts the phenomenon of water spray being generated by the engine thrust because it’s so low over the water. NOT a supersonic shockwave. And it’s probably pure fantasy as I’ve seen plenty of paintings like that, but no real photos. Below is a sea dart (an experimental fighter jet sea plane) just after takeoff with its engines at high power pointed right at the water…

For what it’s worth, I liked the falcon making the water spray and chocked it up to repulsor lifts like most others seem to have.

JEDIT: whoops, missed the video link until I’d already typed this. SOME of the shots in the video are supersonic. The video also correctly shows the blue angel as not supersonic. Although it says it’s “high subsonic” when really transonic would be the correct term.