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Thunderbird sonic boom caused $22K in damages
A Thunderbird pilot from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., who was practicing for a weekend air show over downtown Tucson on the afternoon of April 13 created a sonic boom that shattered windows when he surpassed the speed of sound for several seconds. (www.airforcetimes.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
We love DM being in Tucson and will put up with the daily/nightly aircraft noise. We know that are protecting the nation. Many of them go on 6 month tours of duty in the war zones. But they are well trained in doing that mission. Thanks AirForce.
Tis the sound of freedom people. I've witnessed many sonic booms in the past and can't recall one that resulted an any damage much less this but this was close to the ground so the strength of the overpressure would have been greater than one generated by a higher altitude overflight.
Exceeding sub sonic is not legal in the contigous states unless in an MOA or over waTER
Those rules don't apply to the gov't...
DMA AFB is not itself in an MOA, but there are at least 4 MOAs within 50 nm of the AFB -- the nearest being about 25 nm SSW. Not being a military flier, I've no idea where the plane was when it went over mach, but I do know from personal experience that the sound can easily travel that distance.
Breaking windows? Beats the helloutta me how close that needs to be to occur!
Breaking windows? Beats the helloutta me how close that needs to be to occur!
Funny, but the Concorde could not fly supersonic over most of the US. Did all you smartasses who htink its ok to break peoples property: for no good reason I taught on a fighter base #1 Wing RCAF in Francewhere our jocks flew thw 104 Starfighter. They never broke the barrier over populated ares and that plane could do Mach 2. I had to stop teaching however when they took off in pairs, because they needed afterburners to do so. Didn't mind that at all.