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Old 28th Dec 2010, 15:21
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I will also suggest a rationale for the 'double boom'.

1) The A380 is a very large aircraft
2) Sound travels faster through metal than through air
3) The first boom heard in the cockpit could have been propagated by the aircraft structure, and the second by airborne sound wave. The airborne wave might arrive 50-100 milliseconds after the first. This is easily discernible by the ear.
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