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Re: Double BOOMS!
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 04:40:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
So for us shuttle-landing-newbies, what causes the "signature double-boom"?
(I don't get one when my 8480 lands....)

ROSCO

Sonic boom.  I believe they get one shock wave off the nose, and another off
the wings, but I really don't remember.  This is the first time I had it go
overhead when I was outside in Pasadena and the air positively shook (and
here I am so used to it being the ground).  :-)

Bruce



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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:G93Bn3.7oo@lugnet.com... (...) double-boom"? (...) off (...) go (...) Thanks Bruce. I didn't realise there were two booms! Comes from living in an outpost like Australia, where (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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So for us shuttle-landing-newbies, what causes the "signature double-boom"? (I don't get one when my 8480 lands....) ROSCO Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:G92trx.G19@lugnet.com... (...) Florida (...) caught (...) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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