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Re: Double BOOMS!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 19:21:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Ross Crawford writes:
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> 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....)
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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). :-)
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> 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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| 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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