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LixyChick
08-24-2007, 10:23 AM
Ever see a sonic boom? That's right...I said see! Turn up the sound too...but check this out!

Sonic Boom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9A2oq1N38)



Can you tell I am enjoying the wonders that my new puter is affording me? Hey...I could never load a YouTube vid before! LOl!

Enjoy!
LixyChick
08-24-2007, 10:27 AM
Also...a local DJ had a chance to fly with The Blue Angels.

This guy prepared for weeks to get his body ready for what he was about to experience.

Preston (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4ZUDUrRoc)



I wanna do that ^^^!!!!!!!
WildIrish
08-24-2007, 10:30 AM
According to the trivial fact at the end...our very own Moderatrix is breaking barriers left & right. :D
LixyChick
08-24-2007, 10:35 AM
Lol ^^^^^^^
jseal
08-24-2007, 12:24 PM
... a local DJ had a chance to fly with The Blue Angels ...
I wanna do that ^^^!!!!!!!

Me too!
PantyFanatic
08-24-2007, 02:33 PM
....Can you tell I am enjoying the wonders that my new puter is affording me? Hey.......
Me too (http://www.pixies-place.com:81/forums/showthread.php?t=31360). :tongue:
dicksbro
08-24-2007, 03:56 PM
Me three!
LixyChick
08-25-2007, 01:49 PM
:bump:

I want everyone to see this!
dicksbro
08-25-2007, 06:06 PM
:bump:

I want everyone to see this!

You wanted everyone to see happy faces bumping into each other?? :confused: :D

I have to admit, I'd never seen the "cloud like" pattern around a jet breaking the sound barrier. Amazing.
Oldfart
08-25-2007, 09:09 PM
There are some spectacular shots of the wave, but it is not a function of breaking the sound barrier. Under certain conditions of humidity and temperature, an aircraft going transonic creates the classic ballerina-skirt.

There is a (doctored) photo of a WW1 fighter in a dive with the skirt. I wish I could find it again.

My next plane will be able to do three times the speed of silence.
mayhem1978
08-26-2007, 06:10 AM
There is a photo somewhere of Thrust SSC breaking the sound barrier on land.. an average speed of 763mph over a mile...
I found out that the gas mileage sucks though 0.04mph. That beast sucked fuel at a rate of 4.8 gallons a second!!
LixyChick
08-26-2007, 10:45 AM
That ^^^ kinda makes me feel better about my Durango now!
scotzoidman
08-27-2007, 10:58 AM
That ^^^ kinda makes me feel better about my Durango now!
Not if you got it up to mach one, you wouldn't...
Oldfart
08-28-2007, 01:18 AM
Good way to check the wheel alignment (and brakes).