[sully777]

Why did I — the closest passenger to the impact — hear no sound, no roar of a big 737?...[snip]...Mr. Prust took out a calculator and tapped away, figuring the time that would be available to hear the roar of a jet coming at another jet, each flying at over 500 miles an hour in opposite directions. He showed me the numbers. “It’s far less than a split second,” he said. We both looked at the pilots slouched on couches across the room...

Interesting.

BTW, this article is first-rate journalism. And the NYTimes has this guy freelance writing for the Travel section???

[Ready4Freddy]

Article said that he was doing a freelance assignment for Business Jet Traveler magazine. Not quite sure what his arrangement w/ NYT is, he's published weekly w/ them for the last 7 years.

Can you image his call to his editor on this one - "Wait'll you hear what I'm writing about this week..."

BTW, this article is first-rate journalism. And the NYTimes has this guy freelance writing for the Travel section???