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I have a collection of back issues of Private Eye from the 1970s, and sonic booms seems to have been very much a live topic with the chattering middle classes a
by rwmj 2y ago
I have a collection of back issues of Private Eye from the 1970s, and sonic booms seems to have been very much a live topic with the chattering middle classes at the time. In particular there are complaints that church windows [sic] had been cracked by a sonic boom, and there were other structural problems allegedly caused. I'm not sure how seriously to take the letters and articles, but you could see it was only a matter of time before supersonic flight would be banned over middle England.
- WalterBright 2y agoHaving lived in Kansas, the electric storms were much louder. I'd open the window to enjoy the booms. I'd see lightning travel from one horizon to the other. The storms were great entertainment.
- rwmj 2y agoI think you might be looking for rationality where there's none! If the "right people" start writing letters to their MPs / representatives, the thing is going to get banned, whether or not it makes any sense.