A numerical simulation of the interaction of a hypersonic wind with a mass source shows that, downstream of the source, the injected material occupies a cone with a sizable opening angle. In contrast, the injected material is confined to a long, thin tail when the wind is transonic.
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Falle, S. A. E. G., Coker, R. F., Pittard, J. M., Dyson, J. E., & Hartquist, T. W. (2002). Numerical simulations of tail formation in wind interactions with injected material. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 329(3), 670–674. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05011.x