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Old 16th Feb 2021, 05:05
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innuendo
 
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Not sure how the Mythbusters did their "Sonic Boom" testing with the Blue Angels but the Ottawa Terminal was certainly damaged by the F-104 pass.
From Wiki about the Ottawa airport. You can find other reports if you search about it.
I don't believe the Wiki is correct when it says that the F-104 was requested to make the pass supersonic. It seems the supersonic speed was not intentional, or that is what the investigation determined, but the damage was real enough.

Incidents and accidents[edit]

  • In August 1959, a U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104 Starfighter performed a low fly-by of the airport during celebration of the opening of a new terminal in Ottawa and on request by the organisers went supersonic over the main runway. The result was catastrophic, causing windows and parts of the walls of the terminal to shatter. The terminal was only reopened in 1960.[31]
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