It sounded like two very loud hammer...

When I was a kid, the Air Force and National Guard used to fly out of =
Detroit Metro. We lived at the halfway point between Metro and Willow =
Run Airports and my Dad was still stationed at Willow Run. They used to =
fly those things overhead and break the sound barrier every Sunday =
afternoon....you'd be out in the yard playing peacefully, when BOOM...in =
an era when everyone was afriad of the A Bomb, it was quite unnerving at =
times. Loosened up all our windows in their frames, too.


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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

When I was a kid, the Air Force and National Guard used to fly out of =
Detroit Metro.

In biplanes!

RB

You know, when I went down south last February I changed planes at JFK
outbound and inbound and I saw one of the Air France planes sitting on the
tarmac, I've only seen the thing in the air twice, it was incredible how
graceful the thing looked compared to the other passenger jets in the
vicinity. I was also surprised to see how small it is.
John Cairns
"Donal" wrote in message
...
Concorde had it's final commercial flight today.

For the last 27 years, I've watched her take off and land. Every time
that
I have seen her, I have been impressed by her beauty. There is no other
aircraft that looks so perfect in the air. There is no other aircraft
that
conjures up the same sense of pure awe.


I've heard the sonic boom a couple of times. The French Concorde used to
fly north, and break the sound barrier over the English Channel. Both
times
that I heard it, I was down below. It sounded like two very loud hammer
blows on the hull in quick succession. Both times, I shot into the
cockpit, and was surprised to see a tiny aircraft at about 35,000 ft.




Regards

Donal
--

passenger jets in the
vicinity. I was also surprised to see how small it is.

Holy crud.


RB

I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.
Now that's BIG!


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"John Cairns" wrote in message
...
You know, when I went down south last February I changed planes at JFK
outbound and inbound and I saw one of the Air France planes sitting on the
tarmac, I've only seen the thing in the air twice, it was incredible how
graceful the thing looked compared to the other passenger jets in the
vicinity. I was also surprised to see how small it is.
John Cairns
"Donal" wrote in message
...
Concorde had it's final commercial flight today.

For the last 27 years, I've watched her take off and land. Every time
that
I have seen her, I have been impressed by her beauty. There is no other
aircraft that looks so perfect in the air. There is no other aircraft
that
conjures up the same sense of pure awe.


I've heard the sonic boom a couple of times. The French Concorde used
to
fly north, and break the sound barrier over the English Channel. Both
times
that I heard it, I was down below. It sounded like two very loud
hammer
blows on the hull in quick succession. Both times, I shot into the
cockpit, and was surprised to see a tiny aircraft at about 35,000 ft.




Regards

Donal
--

Just a small craft compared to the Saturn V!



"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.
Now that's BIG!


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"John Cairns" wrote in message
...
You know, when I went down south last February I changed planes at JFK
outbound and inbound and I saw one of the Air France planes sitting on the
tarmac, I've only seen the thing in the air twice, it was incredible how
graceful the thing looked compared to the other passenger jets in the
vicinity. I was also surprised to see how small it is.
John Cairns
"Donal" wrote in message
...
Concorde had it's final commercial flight today.

For the last 27 years, I've watched her take off and land. Every time
that
I have seen her, I have been impressed by her beauty. There is no other
aircraft that looks so perfect in the air. There is no other aircraft
that
conjures up the same sense of pure awe.


I've heard the sonic boom a couple of times. The French Concorde used
to
fly north, and break the sound barrier over the English Channel. Both
times
that I heard it, I was down below. It sounded like two very loud
hammer
blows on the hull in quick succession. Both times, I shot into the
cockpit, and was surprised to see a tiny aircraft at about 35,000 ft.




Regards

Donal
--

Rays. You win.

SV

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
...
Just a small craft compared to the Saturn V!



"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.
Now that's BIG!


--
Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"John Cairns" wrote in message
...
You know, when I went down south last February I changed planes at JFK
outbound and inbound and I saw one of the Air France planes sitting on
the
tarmac, I've only seen the thing in the air twice, it was incredible
how
graceful the thing looked compared to the other passenger jets in the
vicinity. I was also surprised to see how small it is.
John Cairns
"Donal" wrote in message
...
Concorde had it's final commercial flight today.

For the last 27 years, I've watched her take off and land. Every
time
that
I have seen her, I have been impressed by her beauty. There is no
other
aircraft that looks so perfect in the air. There is no other
aircraft
that
conjures up the same sense of pure awe.


I've heard the sonic boom a couple of times. The French Concorde
used
to
fly north, and break the sound barrier over the English Channel.
Both
times
that I heard it, I was down below. It sounded like two very loud
hammer
blows on the hull in quick succession. Both times, I shot into the
cockpit, and was surprised to see a tiny aircraft at about 35,000
ft.




Regards

Donal
--

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:43:21 -0400, "Scott Vernon"
wrote this crap:

I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.
Now that's BIG!

I've been in the cockpit of the Spruce Goose. Ever seen a cockpit
with two floors?


Hero@Horvath

I don't spend my money on food. I spend most of my money
on women, porn, booze, and recreation. The rest of it I just waste.

Scott Vernon wrote:

I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.

AN-225 is "the largest operational aircraft in the free world."

What is the free world? It's not 1952 anymore even though we do seem to
heading that way in the US.

It is used for civil charters worldwide and even you can charter one if
you like. Boeing uses one to haul engines to Seattle from Europe. Both
takeoff and landing are in the "free world" ... sort of.

Rick

Yes, I know. Not my quote. That was in the '80s, AirForce guys claimed the
Ruskie plane was not 'fully operational'. My buddy just hauled a nuclear
reactor head to 3 mile island from Harrisburg airport (PA) , came in on a
AN-225.

Scotty



"Rick" wrote in message
nk.net...
Scott Vernon wrote:

I've been in the cockpit of a USAF C-5 Galaxy. ''the largest operational
aircraft in the free world''.

AN-225 is "the largest operational aircraft in the free world."

What is the free world? It's not 1952 anymore even though we do seem to
heading that way in the US.

It is used for civil charters worldwide and even you can charter one if
you like. Boeing uses one to haul engines to Seattle from Europe. Both
takeoff and landing are in the "free world" ... sort of.

Rick