On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:46:57 +0200, "JasiekS"
wrote:

Uzytkownik "Mary Shafer" napisal w wiadomosci
...

He didn't think the fly over was that impressive and, seeing the video
and having seen a previous Mach 3.2 fly over with fuel dump, I kind of
agree. He has the take off, too.

Sorry, Mary, but what is the elevation of said NASA/Dryden AFB? As I recall
your posts SR-71 is SUBSONIC up to 10k ft or so.

No one said it wasn't. The fly overs at Mach 3+ were made at
altitude, not on the (2400-ft MSL) deck. That's why they dump fuel
when exactly overhead, so you can see them. Well, and so you can time
how long it takes the boom to reach the surface, too, except that you
don't actually hear the boom from when it's overhead but from when
it's on down the flight track.

Dryden isn't an AFB; it's NASA and is a tenant at Edwards AFB, which
(obviously) belongs to the USAF.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer