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A HERETIC I AM

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12. Yes! Not my text, thankfully!

Reply to kooth (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 29, 2019, 11:57 AM

Mar 2019

It always bothers me when some TV commentator or writer who clearly has no clue, goes on about something like this and uses incorrect nomenclature. Don't they have editors who are supposed to consult someone who knows this shit?

Yeah...no doubt....the T-38 is about as far from a Jetliner as the Wright Flyer is from a DC-3

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Aviation Enthusiasts! NASA Snaps pictures of Supersonic shockwaves of 2 T-38's VERY cool! [View all] A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 OP

Wow! Those Pictures are Amazing! dlk Mar 2019 #1

I set the red/orange pic as my desktop background! nocoincidences Mar 2019 #2

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Does this create sonic booms? CrispyQ Mar 2019 #3

I imagine it does, yes. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #4

But the Chem trails LiberalArkie Mar 2019 #6

Trump eliminated those! Remember? Nt BootinUp Mar 2019 #25

Oopsy! kooth Mar 2019 #7

Yup, I was going to make the same comment. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #9

Yeah.... being a pilot and aviation nut those things bug the shit out of me. groundloop Mar 2019 #10

Let me explain how this post came together A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #16

Yes! Not my text, thankfully! A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #12

Planes breaking the sound barrier - Sonic Boom Compilation OxQQme Mar 2019 #8

That's a cool vid and one of many, but not all those planes are breaking the sound barrier A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #13

That's amazing. Sonic booms were a regular feature of life when I was a kid in the early 50s... Hekate Mar 2019 #11

One of the things that killed the likes of the Concord.... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #14

I still hear them once in a blue moon, flyboys get carried away & I'm sure get reprimands. yaesu Mar 2019 #18

While on my morning walk I heard a strange whine/roar over head mitch96 Mar 2019 #26

Wow! (I bet it's crazy fun to fly those things.) nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #15

No kidding! A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #17

Way cool! Kitchari Mar 2019 #19

WHOA!!! calimary Mar 2019 #20

I'd look forward to the double sonic boom of the Space Shuttle landing at Edwards AFB... hunter Mar 2019 #21

Thanks for posting! Tipperary Mar 2019 #22

Cool shot! EX500rider Mar 2019 #23

I know. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #24