Sonic Boom Rattles DC....

[reivertom]

When I was a kid, we heard sonic booms quite a lot. We were on a training route for Wright Field in Dayton, OH. and there weren't many restrictions for the pilots in those days. Today a jet went Mach I and folks in DC went nuts for a while.

 

[Feedman]

I saw where the small plane that went into the DC airspace crashed in Virginia.

 

[barney]

I've always been wared pretty tight when it comes to anything.. including unexpected booms.

The last thing that shook me just a lil was the 16 inch snow on March 5th of 2015. It caught me completely off guard with the wood pile as low as it was.

 

[PUBLIC RAT]

Last 1 I heard was in late 80s when I lived in Florence. I was maybe 4-5 miles from Cincinnati Airport. Was on a ladder extended way out, I was near top painting on house. Boom caused me to grab tight on ladder, scared me bad. Later local news announced there was a sonic boom at airport.

 

[timer]

I saw they scrambled F-16s to intercept an unidentified jet that wasn't responding to ATC. Isn't the F-16 one of the older fighter jets in our inventory? Protecting DC and the cities on the east coast?!?

 

[Mt Pokt]

I saw they scrambled F-16s to intercept an unidentified jet that wasn't responding to ATC. Isn't the F-16 one of the older fighter jets in our inventory? Protecting DC and the cities on the east coast?!?

It is one of the oldest designs still in use, but it's also one of the most capable multi-role war planes on the planet still.

 

[drakeshooter]

I saw something like this aboard the USS Forrestal in the late 80s. When a jet is at the barrier a condensation cloud envelops it that looks pretty freaking cool.

 

[00noturkey]

i remember a jet, flying over the horse farm i worked, there was almost a boom, but i stayed on the horse. it wasnt that high off the ground, the jet. maybe a 100 ft.
Forrest Kailens, farm, between Taylorsville and Shelbyville.

 

[carnivore]

I saw they scrambled F-16s to intercept an unidentified jet that wasn't responding to ATC. Isn't the F-16 one of the older fighter jets in our inventory? Protecting DC and the cities on the east coast?!?

Our technological advantage is our planes can see the enemy before they are detected. So older planes remain useful.

 

[Lady Hunter]

i remember a jet, flying over the horse farm i worked, there was almost a boom, but i stayed on the horse. it wasnt that high off the ground, the jet. maybe a 100 ft.
Forrest Kailens, farm, between Taylorsville and Shelbyville.

My husband grew up mostly in Southern Illinois along the Wabash River. The military used to do practice runs along the river bottoms, targeting off of various buildings near the river (including a church which resulted in a whole bunch of pissed off Southern Baptists screaming at the base commander when the planes interrupted their Sunday services one too many times). Coincidentally, the river bottoms also grew some of the tallest corn hubby ever remembers seeing with all kinds of little country roads woven throughout. He loved riding his bicycle as a teen & often biked those roads. He was out early one Saturday morning, miles from home, surrounded by corn that was way over his head when he heard a roar and a fighter jet came thru he swore less than 20' over his head. The wash had the corn whipping every which way & it just about knocked him off his bike. Ater that, he didn't bike out that way any more!

As for booms, back when I was in grade school (early 1970's), there were a couple of young men from our little E KY community who had made it high up in the air force. If their flight paths were close enough, they'd zoom over the area & punch it right over top the school. The booms rattled the windows, pissed off the teachers, and absolutely THRILLED all of us kids!

 

[timer]

Back in the day, I would see the F-4 jets flying runs down the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam. I've seen jets flying down the long stretch of the river past Helm's Landing and Creelsboro that weren't much higher than the trees. I remember it seemed to me like the jets were water skiing through the air - sliding sideways at a very slight angle as the thrust from the engines (loud on an F-4) blurred the air behind them.

 

[Bee]

Back in the day, I would see the F-4 jets flying runs down the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam. I've seen jets flying down the long stretch of the river past Helm's Landing and Creelsboro that weren't much higher than the trees. I remember it seemed to me like the jets were water skiing through the air - sliding sideways at a very slight angle as the thrust from the engines (loud on an F-4) blurred the air behind them.

yep....Momma its not a a great blue heron....

 

[Feedman]

Back in the day, I would see the F-4 jets flying runs down the Cumberland River below Wolf Creek Dam. I've seen jets flying down the long stretch of the river past Helm's Landing and Creelsboro that weren't much higher than the trees. I remember it seemed to me like the jets were water skiing through the air - sliding sideways at a very slight angle as the thrust from the engines (loud on an F-4) blurred the air behind them.

They did the same thing over on our end of the county. Coming up Spring Creek off of Dale Hollow

 

[JR PORTER]

Here in Knott Co. we usually see some fighter jets flying over just above the hilltops at least once or twice a year, but you have to be quick to look up when you hear them because they are out of sight in a couple seconds. Was back in the gap at the head of our hollow a few years ago and saw a couple of Ospreys fly over side by side! Haven't seen any since. Years ago when I was working near Pikeville used to see B-52's fly over at least once a week! Always makes me proud to see our air force in action!

 

[KYote-Krusher]

We don't get the jets but the helicopters from Ft. Campbell must have a training route right over my back yard. Most of the time they're up around 500' in flights of 2 or 3 but every now and then they'll fly over at about 100' (or less) and that'll sure shake the windows ... especially at night!