Super sonic aircraft create shockwaves that trail behind like the bow, stern and other waves, created by a ship travelling through the water. These numerous shockwaves, essentially blend together with the long distance to the ground. However, because the Shuttle is over 120 ft long, the nose and tail shockwaves remain separated by about 1/2 second. -- Stephen Home Page: stephmon.com Satellite Hunting: sathunt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wagner" <sciteach1950@home.com> To: "SeeSat" <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 06:53 PM Subject: Re: Shuttle Landing Op > > >I heard the twin sonic booms on NASA TV. The view at the time was the > pilot's view. Which was kind of frightening, > > A little off topic I suppose but what causes a DOUBLE sonic boom. I remember > well hearing sonic booms in my neighborhood here in Iowa when I was a kid. I > can be contacted via private email if anyone wishes. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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