Re: Tangentially ... (Gas Guzzlers)

[Graywolf]

Treat it as a joke. I remember back when I was in the AF seeing a pair of 
F-104's make a straffing run on a building. They hit it with rockets. Then with 
the guns. Then passed over it at 50 feet going about 1.3. The rockets and guns 
did about the damage you would imagine. The shockwaves simply flattened the 
building. Whoomp! Nothing left.

The supersonic shockwave from a jet at 25 thousand feet produces a boom that is 
painfully annoying and sometimes breaks windows. Up close it is something else 
entirely.

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William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault"
Subject: Re: Tangentially ... (Gas Guzzlers)

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:48:13 -0400, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
<snip> Luckily there are military regulations against going supersonic 
over

populated areas except in time of war. <snip>

There's a joke in there somewhere, but I don't want to ruffle any
feathers, and besides, we're not supposed to talk politics here...

Are there any regulations regarding going ballistic over populated areas?
WW

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graywolf
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