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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (54962)10/27/2002 1:30:40 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You don't get sonic booms, let alone ones that forceful and loud, by traveling at a leisurely 400 MPH. The bottom line is that no one dilly-dallied about get on target as quickly as they could, especially when the target was the Pentagon.. That just doesn't make sense.

Interesting. The speed of sound is about 1129 feet per second - about 775 miles per hour if my rough scribbed math is right. No need to be too accurate - I think the air temp makes a minor difference anyway. So somebody must have been going at least that fast.
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