William Hughes wrote:

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:20:05 +1200, in rec.aviation.military
(BackToNormal) wrote:

Was half paying attention to a TV doco on the Dambusters a few mins ago
and thought I heard the narrator say the Earthquake bomb designed by
Barnes Wallis broke the sound barrie on its way down.
Comments anyone?

Methinks you may have misinterpereted something. Iron bombs have the same
terminal velocity as everything else, about 135 mph, IIRC.


Hey guys...lookit that feather fallin there!...is it ever friggen
moven !!
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-Gord.