No, Bill, I think the locals have made about all the comments that can be
found. I like to blame Rummy. It originated on his watch.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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>I supppose you might expect those of us from other states to make sarcastic
> remarks about you choice for this test?
>
> Bill Pearce
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>> Ken,
>>
>> I never heard a B-58 sonic boom, so I can't comment. However, we have a
>> lot
>> of recent experience with the booms of the F-22. The Lockheed/Martin
>> plant
>> in Atlanta has received permission to test these aircraft along a
>> corridor
>> that runs from East Tennessee to North Alabama. They pass near our home
>> frequently, most often in pairs. I have a sheet rock crack in my kitchen
>> ceiling, as well as some seams opening up in the garage ceiling, as a
>> result
>> of their efforts.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:22 PM
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>>
>>> Didn't the B-58 have an uniquely powerful sonic boom? I grew up along
>>> Lake
>>> Michigan and remember extremely strong sonic booms up through the time
>>> the
>>> B-58 was retired. They used to head northward out of Indiana up along
>>> the
>>> lake shore.
>>>
>>> You could usually identify the boom of a fighter jet, but there were
>>> some
>>> big beasts up there that would shake walnuts out of the trees and crack
>>> windows. This is going back in memory here, but wasn't there one of
>>> these
>>> planes that had an unusual double-boom where the second one was hugely
>>> more
>>> powerful?
>>>
>>> They eventually changed the rules that required something like 20 miles
>>> from
>>> population to go supersonic, but back in those days the nuke guys did
>>> their
>>> own thing and they cut the corner going up the lake, so instead of 20
>>> miles
>>> out, they were buzzing the lighthouses.
>>>
>>> AG
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