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Re: Double BOOMS!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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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....)
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> 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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