On 2/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >In my current life I work for NOAA, building and operating instruments on >NASA high-altitude research planes. We often work out of military >facilities because they can support these specialized aircraft. A few >years ago we were at Edwards AFB in California, and the hangar across the >way was housing a B1 bomber. The first time I saw the hangar doors open >and saw the plane from the front I was struck by how much it resembled >the Concord. It's an equally impressive plane.
Truly astonishing. You thought that Concorde was loud at full chat - I was on a scaffold at the end of the runway at Fairford one year, shooting straight down the runway. It's a long one (UK emergency stand-by runway for the STS) and when the B-1 flew, it passed over me at about 200 feet and boy o boy - ear defenders on, and hearing was fine, but I could feel organs and flesh bouncing around in my body as he lit the afterburners. The first time I've ever been really frightened in my job. Nicest sound ever heard from something that flies? Easy. Spitfire ;-) This is such a geeky thread, lol. Too off topic. Sorry Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
