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 Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 02:59 AM
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steveiam
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I'd like to hear one again.
Very unlikely to ever happen for me though.
What has happed to you does not define who you are-
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 03:04 AM
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I grew up as an Air Force kid. When the jets scrambled it woke you up no matter how sound one slept. The guess was drill or the real thing. When I was fortunate enough to hunt in South Texas jets often flew over very close to the ground it was surprising how fast they came and went. I hunted a ranch in Maverick County that one area was littered with .50 cal casings and spent bullets. Always wondered if was a sanctioned range or just a free for all back in the day.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 03:17 AM
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I remember seeing my first Military type plane, I was squirrel hunting in Minnesota and saw one heading north to Canada, believe it was 1940 or 1941.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 03:40 AM
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Brandon Adamcik
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My grandfathers car lot was on east main st even with the runways at Dallas naval air station.
Pretty common occurrence back then.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 03:42 AM
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Nocona Brian
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Granted I was a little kid, but I never remembered hearing them till we moved to Nocona in 91. Not sure how long after that they lasted, but I remember (2) glass solid glass windows at my dad's office, probably 4'x10', both cracking top to bottom after a big one, they seemed to stop after that.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 05:21 AM
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The last ones that I heard were several years ago. I was camping in the high desert in Utah. Apparently I was in an area where the fly boys would play war games. Lots of contrails and sonic booms.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 05:35 AM
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rich777
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 05:35 AM
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Yup I remember hearing them quite frequently as a kid. Yessir, me too.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 06:44 AM
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Yep, my grandparents had a house on Lake Livingston and fighter jets would come by and run simulated bombing runs on the bridge by Galloway's marina.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 07:45 AM
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pretty common 'round here when they were developin' tha B 58....
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 09:32 AM
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yep, we lived under one of the landing/take off lanes for tinker afb in okc, used to have them daily in the 60s. tinker was about 35 miles sse of our house.
I grew up about 7 miles NE of Tinker.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 10:52 AM
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Now we have earthquakes from all the subterainum military base construction going on.
“Do not pray for easier lives. Pray to be stronger men.” -JFK
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 11:01 AM
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Grew up in Belton close to Ft. Hood out by Lake Belton . Happened all the time . Then when they shoot off the tanks it would shake the ground !
May your wiener schnitzel always stay above your lederhosein.
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
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04/05/19 11:39 AM
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Back in the 60's San Antonio was ground zero for a nuke attack back then with all the military bases, and sonic booms were common. Back when I was in high school an ammo bunker blew up at Lackland Medina Base complex, and it shook the ground for miles and did some damage even with a mushroom cloud. I remember thinking as well as everyone else that was the end of us.  Thank you to the OP for reminding me of a very stressful time in my life! 
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Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
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04/05/19 11:56 AM
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Heard them in the Longview when I was growing up.
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