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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 09:55 AM
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We are going to have a Sonic Boom this morning
Should I stay indoors or go outside to hear it best?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 09:58 AM
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1. if you mean the space shuttle
it doesn't matter.

:-)
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 09:58 AM
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2. Go to the beach!!
:hi:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 10:44 AM
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3. We did not hear the sonic boom
I am disappointed.

I did watch the NASA stream of the landing though.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 12:46 PM
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4. When I was a youngster in Oklahoma City,
sonic booms were commonplace. I thought they were due to the proximity of Tinker Air Force Base, but turns out it was the gummint doing experiments on us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests

Sorry you missed your Boom Window.

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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 04:04 PM
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5. Same here
All the time. The Convair F-102A Delta Dagger was the usual culprit.


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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 04:18 PM
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6. I heard them regularly as a kid
Edited on Sun May-24-09 04:19 PM by DeepBlueC
in East Hartford, CT, home of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, though I can't say for sure whether Pratt & Whitney had any direct involvment, although it seems logical. Always enjoyed them. If I heard one I would have liked ten more to follow.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 04:49 PM
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7. so how was it?
I think outside is best myself.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 06:11 PM
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8. no boom at all
I was really disappointed.
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DeepBlueC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 06:32 PM
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10. oh NO!
you wuz robbed! :(
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-24-09 06:30 PM
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9. I heard them all the time when I was a kid
Edited on Sun May-24-09 06:30 PM by blogslut
When our county voted for Goldwater over LBJ, the old fart closed our air force base. That was the end of the sonic booms.
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