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Re: Double BOOMS!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 21 Feb 2001 06:09:24 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
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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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> 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). :-)
Thanks Bruce. I didn't realise there were two booms! Comes from living in an
outpost like Australia, where nothing ever breaks the sound barrier!
ROSCO
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| (...) Neh, there's just more spaces where they can break it and nobody will hear...:) Here in the UK, a mystery sonic boom made the news--they're not sure what it was, as military aircraft aren't supposed to do that over land. Current speculation is (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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