<here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
>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...?
>>
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>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.
Ah. That would be kinda neat to hear.
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