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  2. Oklahoma City sonic boom tests - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Oklahoma City (1974 photograph) A Convair B-58 Hustler, one of the airplane models used in the Oklahoma City sonic boom tests The Oklahoma City sonic boom tests, also known as Operation Bongo II, refer to a controversial experiment, organized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which 1,253 sonic booms were generated over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, over a period of six ...

  3. Anti-Concorde Project - Wikipedia

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    Development had begun before the effects of sonic boom tests had been conducted. During 1961 and 1962, 150 supersonic flights were made over St Louis, Missouri, in 1964, flights were made over Oklahoma City for five months, and in 1965, there was further testing over Chicago, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh and finally, in 1966 and 1967 at Edwards ...

  4. Sonic boom - Wikipedia

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    In 1964, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration began the Oklahoma City sonic boom tests, which caused eight sonic booms per day over six months. Valuable data was gathered from the experiment, but 15,000 complaints were generated and ultimately entangled the government in a class-action lawsuit, which it lost on appeal in 1969.

  5. History of Oklahoma City - Wikipedia

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    [12]: 204 In a 1965 special election, the Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax by a margin of more than 2-1 to raise funds for expanding services. [14] From February 3 to July 29, 1964, Oklahoma City was subjected to eight sonic booms per day in a controversial experiment known as the Oklahoma City sonic boom tests.

  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. The sonic boom that rattled Orange County? Military says no ...

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    According to the U.S. Air Force website, a sonic boom can sound like thunder and is typically caused by a jet moving faster than sound, “about 750 miles per hour at sea level.”

  8. A sonic boom, a baffling plane crash and a family destroyed ...

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    A sonic boom, a baffling plane crash and a family destroyed: Inside the Virginia tragedy that sparked a F-16 response. Joe Sommerlad. June 7, 2023 at 4:05 AM (Facebook/AP)

  9. 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 ...