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Kaboom in Purcell friday 12 17 22 1:40 pm
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<blockquote data-quote="elwoodtrix" data-source="post: 3923602" data-attributes="member: 7614"><p>From Redhome Aviation:</p><p>Responding to questions on the sonic booms yesterday over Oklahoma, here are the facts of the booms.</p><p>* Update - I have seen a post where the pilot showed they were at Mach 1.15 as a flight of four on his final flight in the USAF. Only three aircraft were shown on ADS-B, but it was a flight of four.</p><p>At 19:32 Z (1:32 PM Central time) a flight of four T-38C Talons (65-10472, 65-10432, and 68-8120. One unknown.) departed Sheppard AFB, TX (Wichita Falls, Texas) as Gumby01, Gumby02, Gumby03, and Gumby04. The Talons accelerated near the speed of sound over Lawton, OK and reached a maximum speed of 752 knots at 1:40 PM Local at 30,425 feet between Lindsay and Maysville. The aircraft decelerated and flew to the Falcon Range over Ft. Sill, Oklahoma before returning to Sheppard AFB.</p><p>The T-38 is a supersonic jet trainer, used to instruct pilots who will go on to fly fighter and bomber aircraft. The aircraft was built in the 1960s and will continue to train fighter pilots until the T-7A Red Hawk comes online.</p><p>Sheppard AFB hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, which is the world's only multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for NATO.</p><p>This legality of supersonic flight over the United States is maintained in 14 CFR Part 91.817, but that only applies to civil aircraft. Military aircraft going supersonic is not illegal and may be done so as operationally required. Generally, this is done over sparsely populated areas and high altitudes. Military policy of supersonic flight is covered in DAFMAN 13-201 and does have a set of rules and requirements, but documentation is left to local units. The aircraft did go supersonic above 30,000 feet MSL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elwoodtrix, post: 3923602, member: 7614"] From Redhome Aviation: Responding to questions on the sonic booms yesterday over Oklahoma, here are the facts of the booms. * Update - I have seen a post where the pilot showed they were at Mach 1.15 as a flight of four on his final flight in the USAF. Only three aircraft were shown on ADS-B, but it was a flight of four. At 19:32 Z (1:32 PM Central time) a flight of four T-38C Talons (65-10472, 65-10432, and 68-8120. One unknown.) departed Sheppard AFB, TX (Wichita Falls, Texas) as Gumby01, Gumby02, Gumby03, and Gumby04. The Talons accelerated near the speed of sound over Lawton, OK and reached a maximum speed of 752 knots at 1:40 PM Local at 30,425 feet between Lindsay and Maysville. The aircraft decelerated and flew to the Falcon Range over Ft. Sill, Oklahoma before returning to Sheppard AFB. The T-38 is a supersonic jet trainer, used to instruct pilots who will go on to fly fighter and bomber aircraft. The aircraft was built in the 1960s and will continue to train fighter pilots until the T-7A Red Hawk comes online. Sheppard AFB hosts the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, which is the world's only multi-nationally manned and managed flying training program chartered to produce combat pilots for NATO. This legality of supersonic flight over the United States is maintained in 14 CFR Part 91.817, but that only applies to civil aircraft. Military aircraft going supersonic is not illegal and may be done so as operationally required. Generally, this is done over sparsely populated areas and high altitudes. Military policy of supersonic flight is covered in DAFMAN 13-201 and does have a set of rules and requirements, but documentation is left to local units. The aircraft did go supersonic above 30,000 feet MSL. [/QUOTE]
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