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  2. Anti-Concorde Project - Wikipedia

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    The booms were to be measured by the RAF to relate them to the resulting public reaction. [13] The Guardian's opinion survey stated: "Nearly two thirds of the population of Bristol were frightened, startled or annoyed by the sonic booms to which they were subjected to last week." [14] The Ministry received 12,000 complaints. [15] [failed ...

  3. Sonic boom - Wikipedia

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    The sound of a sonic boom depends largely on the distance between the observer and the aircraft shape producing the sonic boom. A sonic boom is usually heard as a deep double "boom" as the aircraft is usually some distance away. The sound is much like that of mortar bombs, commonly used in firework displays. It is a common misconception that ...

  4. Supersonic transport - Wikipedia

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    The sonic boom was not thought to be a serious issue due to the high altitudes at which the planes flew, but experiments in the mid-1960s such as the controversial Oklahoma City sonic boom tests and studies of the USAF's North American XB-70 Valkyrie proved otherwise (see Sonic boom § Abatement). By 1964, whether civilian supersonic aircraft ...

  5. What was that ‘boom’ in the air Friday morning, was NASA ...

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    A Space-X Falcon 9 rocket caused a sonic boom Saturday around Ventura, but no. Didn’t happen Friday. More likely it was testing in the desert east of Edwards of the X-59 and its 38-foot-long nose.

  6. The boom was heard Sunday after the U.S. military dispatched six fighter jets to intercept an unresponsive business plane flying over restricted airspace. The Air Force gave the F-16s permission ...

  7. Tremors in US Northeast caused by sonic boom, not quake ... - AOL

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    The U.S.G.S., which monitors earthquake activity, said no quake had struck and confirmed that a probable sonic boom had occurred near Hammonton, New Jersey.

  8. Quiet Spike - Wikipedia

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    When fully extended, the boom added two stages or states, to reach a total length of 24.31 feet (7.41 m). The Forward boom state was 5.9 feet (1.8 m) long and had the smallest diameter of the three, while the Mid-Boom State was 4.3 feet (1.3 m) long and the second largest in diameter. [3]

  9. Sonic boom in DC: Plane that crashed lost contact with air ...

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    The plane’s economics were challenging, and its sonic booms led it to be banned on many overland routes. Only 20 were built; 14 of which were used for passenger service.