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Re: Double BOOMS!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Fri, 23 Feb 2001 19:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
> 
> Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message
> news:G93Bn3.7oo@lugnet.com...
> > 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....)
> > 
> > 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!

   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 that it may have been a
   meteorite (!) skipping through the atmosphere...

   best

   Lindsay



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  Re: Double BOOMS!
 
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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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