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oldart
25th Aug 2016, 13:50
What are the rules for military aircraft breaking the sound barrier?
Last week there was a loud bang followed by a quieter one, obviously caused by an aircraft breaking the sound barrier, I live fairly close to the North Sea.
ImageGear
25th Aug 2016, 14:21
Who knows - it may have been intercepting an armed Russian aircraft in time to deter it from entering UK airspace with the intention of evaporating Sunderland.
On the other hand, perhaps a hand slipped on the thrust levers....:E and before they knew it they had dropped a little boom.
Imagegear
Wander00
25th Aug 2016, 14:31
Concorde is back...OK, maybe not, but a nice thought...............
Fox2long
25th Aug 2016, 17:21
Last time I looked it was 35nm inbound to land and 10nm parallel/outbound. Unless you're intercepting for real, then it's as cleared by ADC.
ShyTorque
25th Aug 2016, 20:40
There has been a recent military exercise over the North Sea in NOTAMS ; possibly something involved in that made the boom.
chevvron
26th Aug 2016, 08:06
Last time I looked it was 35nm inbound to land and 10nm parallel/outbound. Unless you're intercepting for real, then it's as cleared by ADC.
I understand the ones sent from Coningsby to SW England for an intercept dropped a boom across the midlands.