|
Forums59
Topics1,039,772
Posts13,970,123
Members144,217
| |
Most Online39,925
Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
 Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: Fooshman]
#13114349
04/05/19 12:04 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 121,172
hopalong
Pescador Loco
|
|
Pescador Loco
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 121,172 |
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. fish draper a lot?
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: Jimbo]
#13114357
04/05/19 12:14 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,104
steveiam
OP
TFF Guru
|
|
OP
TFF Guru
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,104 |
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!  Sorry Jimbo!
What has happed to you does not define who you are-
HOW you react to what happens to you DOES!
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114359
04/05/19 12:15 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,613
spacejunkie
TFF Team Angler
|
|
TFF Team Angler
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,613 |
Lived right on the flight path for Tinker on 10th street. Planes came in so low their landing gear was down. C-130's were the lowest fliers over our place but the bombers were the loudest. Wife cannot understand how I can sleep during a loud thunderstorm but after 24-7 of low flying aircraft they are just a whisper.
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114377
04/05/19 12:43 PM
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,118
slim1
Extreme Angler
|
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 1,118 |
There was an electric bomb site on the Toledo Bend dam back in the 80's. B-52's would run the bomb run at about 500' down the lake. I've been fishing a cove when one came over. Got real loud real fast. Just about had to change pants. They also did that over Kansas.
PATRIOT GUARD RIDER
Riding With Respect
Flag Captain
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: slim1]
#13114384
04/05/19 12:47 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 121,172
hopalong
Pescador Loco
|
|
Pescador Loco
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 121,172 |
There was an electric bomb site on the Toledo Bend dam back in the 80's. B-52's would run the bomb run at about 500' down the lake. I've been fishing a cove when one came over. Got real loud real fast. Just about had to change pants. They also did that over Kansas. a new petro truck stop opened in n vegas, first time I stopped there I got a wake up call from half a dozen 52s comin back from somewhere, scared the beejeezus outta me, thought we were in an f5 till I got up and looked out the window. was pretty cool after that, had the roush shop out back and 52s comin over for bkfst, MERICA! 
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114395
04/05/19 12:55 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 12,214
Cast
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 12,214 |
Marshall in the 60s. We got Barksdale Booms daily for awhile.
Cast ![[Linked Image]](http://winsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Longhorn-Logo.png) I have a short attention spa
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114396
04/05/19 01:00 PM
|
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,898
mstring
Extreme Angler
|
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 2,898 |
Yep. Grandparents place SE of Kaufman had some kind of radar dome on it they built when DFW was built. Planes would us it as a target for bombing runs. Low and fast, scare the poop out of you.
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114402
04/05/19 01:03 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 50,043
fouzman
Methuselah
|
|
Methuselah
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 50,043 |
Yes sir. All the time as a kid.
"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out" - Zachary Troy Schrah - a young man with vision far beyond his years.
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114436
04/05/19 01:24 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,367
bigfishtx
TFF Celebrity
|
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,367 |
Yep, been a long time though. Pics of planes breaking the sound barrier are amazing. ![[Linked Image]](https://files.sharenator.com/th_navyplanemakingsonicboom_Sonic_Boom_Illusion-s400x285-13844.jpg)
Keep the Lord in your heart and keep your powder dry.
5:5
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114447
04/05/19 01:35 PM
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 9,247
Space
TFF Celebrity
|
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 9,247 |
Heard them a lot in the early 60's heading the for Gulf coast. They would cause everyone on the block to come outside to see what happened when the windows ratttled.
Last edited by Space; 04/05/19 01:36 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: hopalong]
#13114461
04/05/19 01:44 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 15,310
Mo
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 15,310 |
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.
think they stopped them due to broken windows and old wimmins gettin skeered, then again we were still doing duckncover for nukes at school too. My aunt lived near there , I stayed with her for a while one summer, It would rattle items off the shelf. I read later these were test flights to determine damage caused by sonic booms. MO
 MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING 
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114465
04/05/19 01:46 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 989
RonL
Pro Angler
|
|
Pro Angler
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 989 |
I lived in Lubbock Texas growing up from a toddler and Reese AFB being very active we heard those SBs' almost daily . Us kids would try spotting the plane when it happened . Most times we could not find it but sometimes got lucky and did .
RonL
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114471
04/05/19 01:49 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 30,012
Moto-Moto
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 30,012 |
I've only heard a few sonic booms.......but there's nothing like the sound of an F-15 hitting those afterburners after saving your @ss....... 
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: Moto-Moto]
#13114475
04/05/19 01:54 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,104
steveiam
OP
TFF Guru
|
|
OP
TFF Guru
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 16,104 |
What has happed to you does not define who you are-
HOW you react to what happens to you DOES!
|
|
|
Re: Any of you olds remember when it wasnt unusual to hear a sonic boom ?
[Re: steveiam]
#13114503
04/05/19 02:11 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 10,908
rj74955
TFF Guru
|
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 10,908 |
The timing of this question is impeccable. We had a sonic boom yesterday in Northeast Oklahoma, caused by a meteor.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|
