Look - up in the sky

[Sand Rat]

We truely stand upon the shoulders of Giants -

60 years ago today, the Sound Barrier Fell -
http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123071181

 

[Roger Bunting]

He was and still is a very brave man.

 

[wiccanpony]

I would say the gentleman lead a full and exciting life and the world is a little sadder without him.


Edit...oops, might of helped if I had read it.....nothing going on here people, lets just keep moving shall we.:redface:

 

[Roger Bunting]

According to that article, he\'s still with us.

 

[mickc22]

I hope so, otherwise there could be trouble at his public appearances

 

[Undave]

It only says he is scheduled to speak at this event. He may have done his speech months ago but due to the supersonic speeds involved it\'s only now catching up. lol

 

[lizcam]

Hey! Edwards Airforce Base is right next to my toen! You have to get off and go thru\' town to get out there. That explains all the fly overs today. I thought they were going to bomb the town or something.

 

[Sand Rat]

From what I\'ve seen of that part of SoCal a bombing would improve the landscape.lol

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by steelcult
From what I\'ve seen of that part of SoCal a bombing would improve the landscape.lol

Are you kidding? Bombing and strip mining is what made it the beautiful garden it is!


I really need to get out of this desert soon.

 

[Sand Rat]

My first thought on arriving at lovely Al Asad in Iraq was, \"How the F**k did I get to Bakersfield????\"

 

[Rigged4Mini]

I feel the need....the need for speed!

 

[Wolf Fang]

Originally posted by Rigged4Mini
I feel the need....the need for speed!

ok ok... here we goes.... just in regards to the first post, last post and possible a few others...


ONE: you CANNOT break the sound \"barrier\" or \"pass through it\" all you do is catch your own sound waves then simply begin to PUSH them.

TWO: in regards to the pic its not actualy going Mach 1 or \"breaking the speed of sound\" its simply hit its critical mach number on certain parts of the aircraft. the aire flowing over the aircraft is accelerated, when the air over the aircraft reaches mach 1 it creats teh white clouds seen in the pic as the are actualy compresses and turns into water vapour. this is simply the aircraft entering mach 1... go ahead call me a nerd... but it is what im taking in college afterall AMT FTW!

 

[lizcam]

Originally posted by steelcult
My first thought on arriving at lovely Al Asad in Iraq was, \"How the F**k did I get to Bakersfield????\"

Hey, Bakersfield is a garden compared to Rosamond. Tha Antelope valley is a complete waste land. When every city around this valley gets rain we just get more wind. And more wind. This has to be one of the windiest places on the planet.

 

[lono]

Originally posted by Wolf Fang
You CANNOT break the sound \"barrier\" or \"pass through it\" all you do is catch your own sound waves then simply begin to PUSH them.

That sounds like some kind of self help, inspirational message metaphor!