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Offline icepac

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X-59 roll out
« on: January 13, 2024, 08:01:34 AM »
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Re: X-59 roll out
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2024, 08:08:49 AM »
I remember growing up when sonic booms were a frequent occurrence. As a kid I found them exciting. If I'd been an adult then probably not.
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Re: X-59 roll out
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2024, 10:39:09 AM »
My first sentence ever spoken was thrown together when my sister ran home crying and mom looked at me.   
“Feffer fraid to the sonic boom”. 

Got me out of a jam.

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Re: X-59 roll out
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2024, 08:42:52 AM »
I remember growing up when sonic booms were a frequent occurrence. As a kid I found them exciting. If I'd been an adult then probably not.

During the late 1950s or early 1960s - I didn't make notes at the time - the USAF used Columbus, Ohio as a target for its B-58s.  The newspapers would publish a notice that sonic booms would be heard on particular days.

When I look back on that, I wonder what town in Mother Russia looked like Columbus.

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