On 04/04/2015 13:09, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
> <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
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>> On 03/04/2015 01:31, Byker wrote:
>>> A 2,500 nm. range wouldn't get it across the Atlantic unless they refueled
>>> in Newfoundland. It'd make it from the West coast to Honolulu, or from L.A.
>>> to NYC. I guess they hadn't yet considered what folks on the ground would
>>> have to endure when it came to BIG sonic booms going off overhead several
>>> times a day. The Concorde demonstrated that quite well:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annkM6z1-FE
>>
>> I used to watch Concorde go over on a daily basis and I can assure you
>> that the sonic boom was certainly NOT a problem. Indeed, If I were to
>> condemn any aircraft for excessive noise and pollution in the UK's skies
>> it would be the USAF's Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.
>
> I don't think Concorde flew supersonic over any part of Europe...?
>
Where did I say that it did?
I lived - still do - near enough to the coast to hear the sonic booms as
the aircraft set off over the Atlantic - or returned.
>> Unfortunately we never had the option of banning it.
>
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