To: Willie Green
Yeah, F104 Starfighters used to make some really nice booms when my elementary class was out for recess (not that you couldn't hear them from inside the building!!). It always gives me pause that this is a sound most of the younger generation in this country has never heard.
62 posted on
02/26/2006 11:19:46 AM PST by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: BearWash
It always gives me pause that this is a sound most of the younger generation in this country has never heardIf they're not TOO close, the sound is actually quite comforting when you're reminded of exactly who is up there and what they're doing.
I used to enjoy trying to spot them if you could still hear the engine after the initial boom. It wasn't easy --- you had to look waaaaaaay out ahead of where the sound was coming from. More often than not, they were already out of sight. But whenever you could catch a glimpse, it was well worth it.
66 posted on
02/26/2006 11:33:27 AM PST by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: BearWash
It always gives me pause that this is a sound most of the younger generation in this country has never heard.Yeah. Sad, really.
69 posted on
02/26/2006 11:40:19 AM PST by
null and void
(Imagine what they would be doing if it wasn't a religion of peace!!!)
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