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Re:The only photo of the Concorde flying at supersonic speed by mrguyorama on Monday January 27, 2025 @04:18PM (#42845739)
We tried.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests

The outcomes were SUBSTANTIALLY worse than the US government expected. The results of this study are why even war planes rarely go supersonic over the continental US.

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Re:The only photo of the Concorde flying at supersonic speed by themadturk on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @06:36PM (#42859581)
I remember the sonic boom over the Seattle area in the summer of 2010 when Obama was in town. A seaplane accidentally violated the 10 mile exclusion zone around Air Force 1 at Boeing Field and two F-15s were scrambled from Portland International Airport (Oregon National Guard operates the fighters tasked with protection from Northern California to the Canadian border). It was quite exciting.
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