Comment on NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

• Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, apparently we do…

  The problem with Sonic booms isn’t that you notice them, it’s fine to notice the sound of a vehicle traveling overhead. The problem is that the sound from previous supersonic jets has shattered windows all along the flight path, ruptured eardrums and caused moderate hearing loss.That is a problem…

  If this instead sounds like a car door closing, I’d call that significantly quieter.

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  • poppy@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was at work in a bank (big, sturdy, multiple stories) when we experienced a sonic boom. It was heard/felt across several counties. We thought a bomb had gone off somewhere.

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  • sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    shattered windows

    damn…

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