I was having a discussion with a friend about ***supersonic flights***. [![Concord][1]][1] ____ It was then when he proposed an idea on an interesting experiment that can be done during a supersonic flight. ***The experiment goes like this.*** - You board a supersonic jet along with your friend. The flight is cruising at **Mach 1** above Amazon rainforests, or some other place with comparatively low air currents. You have somehow got the permission to do the experiment which involves *getting out* of the plane. - You both take all the safety measures and stand on both the ends of the aeroplane with yourself near the nose and your friend near the tail, ***both facing in the direction of the aeroplane's motion***. - Your friend yells out something at you, but you can't hear it, because it's Mach 1. - You ask the pilot to slow down the plane, and the plane gradually decelerates. What happens now? - Your friend's sound catches up with you, and you hear the message! - Now, you yell out something at your friend. - You speed up the plane, and your friend catches up with the message. - Now, something remarkable happens when you do this. Your friend hears the message ***in reverse***!! - Now the most interesting part: If you keep on accelerating and decelerating the plane about the speed of sound, ***you can make your message to be heard multiple times by your friend!!*** ***It is weird, but is such an observation plausible?*** UPDATE: Most of the comments posted here are about the rewinding part. In fact, that is only a part of the question. The real question emphasizes on the idea, of receiving a signal by overtaking it. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/qJDt1.jpg