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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch
You missed out either the bit where she runs out of fuel, or spits fuel from a split hose on to of the engines.
It is a beautiful thing to me, their last base only a bike ride in my youth, many a primary school lesson drowned out.
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Back when I was in grade school, and jets were fairly new (mid-50s on), the most annoying part of the school day was when we'd get hit by a sonic boom from jets flying over the city of San Francisco, my hometown. The booms would startle the bejesus out of us (worse yet since it was a Catholic school and they were trying to scare the bejesus into us). On rare occasions, the booms were strong enough to rattle objects off shelves or crack window glass. At first the military denied any of their jets were responsible, but, since they were basically the only ones with supersonic aircraft, they had to 'fess up. There was a popular theory that the military were experimenting to see what sort of effect the booms would have on buildings and such in urban areas. The initial defense the military used was an old, tired one of "it's vital for the national security". The argument failed. They did succeed in raising the ire of the citizens of San Francisco to such a degree lawsuits were threatened against the offenders and soon after the "tests" were stopped...
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