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On 04/04/2015 14:11, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Unfortunately we never had the option of banning it.
>>
>
>
> Well, look at it this way, at least you are not speaking Russian, eating borscht
> or using newsprint as toilet paper. ;-)
>
Very true.
We had the Royal Navy, BAOR and the RAF as ready for Armageddon as
anyone - indeed more so than many.
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