Explosive Noise Heard Late Afternoon Today

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Animal

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saltydog said:
Supersonic runs over the Cheaspeake happen all of the time. 99% of the time they don't hit land. There are sonic boom detectors over the eastern shore and SOMD to monitor this sort of thing. Why the range controllers didn't stop after the first boom hit land is disturbing. I personally called to report to the range controllers that very loud sonic booms were hitting land after the second shook my ceiling tiles and got rebuffed. I was told that testing was completed. 15 minutes later I was nearly nocked out of my chair by the third.

I suspect that the person(s) responsible will be severely reprimanded.

Believe me, the base does not condone this disturbance of populated areas.
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Every boom over the bay will disturb some portion of the land surrounding it, there is no avoiding that. The range controllers, I am certain, were aware of the booms as you were probably one of the many calls they fielded reporting the obvious. :loser:

And who will be reprimanded, the test team that planned the event, those that authorized the profile, the aircrew (which is ultimately responsible for anything involving the airframe) or those that it falls upon to execute the test while under the strict observations of the range safety officer? Yeah range safety officers, you know, the ones that do the sound focusing and set the heading for the test and make sure the controller stays within the parameters.
 
Railroad

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morganj614 said:
I would not have minded so much if they had posted the upcoming noise on the radio, in the Tester and elsewhere. Remember, we are now living in a post 9-11 world, near a base, D.C. and a nuke plant. It scared the poop outta me.
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I can sure understand that. They really aren't supposed to do that, Morgie. I'm sure they'd have posted notice if it were a planned event.

When I was living in the 7th district, pretty much ON the Potomac, we would get the concussions from weapons testing being done a Dahlgren, usually during the day on a weekday. The first time I heard it, I was in bed after calling in sick. Windows were rattling - the whole 9 yards. It took a few hours before I realized what was going on.
 
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I don't mind the noise, it's to be expected. Grandpa was a test pilot and the whole family grew acustomed to straightenig out the picture frames on the wall...
 
mAlice

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saltydog said:
I suspect that the person(s) responsible will be severely reprimanded.
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Too funny. Like they won't think an azz chewing is worth it to break the sound barrier. :lmao: Somebody is going to love that azz chewin'. :yay:
 
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Railroad said:
I can sure understand that. They really aren't supposed to do that, Morgie. I'm sure they'd have posted notice if it were a planned event.
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Okay Railroad, what aren't they supposed to do on the range? It would be interesting to know what you believe is or isn't allowed versus what is actually authorized. I think most of you would be surprised how many supersonic events take place in the areas on any given day. The fact that this is one of the few times that many of you heard the booms attests to the range's ability to "usually" avoid impacting the local populace with this offensive noise.
 
Railroad

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Animal said:
Okay Railroad, what aren't they supposed to do on the range? It would be interesting to know what you believe is or isn't allowed versus what is actually authorized. I think most of you would be surprised how many supersonic events take place in the areas on any given day. The fact that this is one of the few times that many of you heard the booms attests to the range's ability to "usually" avoid impacting the local populace with this offensive noise.
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If they follow the flight plan, no boom here. If they don't then they're doing something they're not supposed to do. No need to get touchy about it; I certainly am not a know-it-all and I've been wrong plenty of times. And you're right, the range folks do an outstanding job. And I'm one of those that don't mind the noise.
 
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Triggerfish said:
HHHmmmmmmm....I grew up in Florida too but the loudest sonic boom I heard was a sonic boom on the Nimitz when they did an airshow for a Tiger cruise. A sonic boom done only about couple hundred yards from the ship.
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What year were on the Nimitz Tigger. I was on her in 1986 and 87 with VF-84.
 
itsbob

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Animal said:
Okay Railroad, what aren't they supposed to do on the range? It would be interesting to know what you believe is or isn't allowed versus what is actually authorized. I think most of you would be surprised how many supersonic events take place in the areas on any given day. The fact that this is one of the few times that many of you heard the booms attests to the range's ability to "usually" avoid impacting the local populace with this offensive noise.
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I can understand the "free-hand" they are given in the test range, just like free maneuver in an Army Training area.. but if the accounts some are giving.. hearing the plane after the boom, I'd say they weren't in the test range at all.. I mean isn't the test Range on the other side of the Eastern Shore, and still a ways off-shore? Definetly too far to hear the engine noise of an F-18.
 
Tomcat

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The local radio stations(97.7 & 98.3) did mention about FCLP's going on as well as some low level filghts around Webster Field for some testing. You can't expect them to advise you everytime a plane takes off from the base.
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Tomcat said:
The local radio stations(97.7 & 98.3) did mention about FCLP's going on as well as some low level filghts around Webster Field for some testing. You can't expect them to advise you everytime a plane takes off from the base.
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Not to be a Smart A#@ or nothing Tomcat, but they don't break the sound barrier doing FCLP"s :confused:
 
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itsbob said:
I can understand the "free-hand" they are given in the test range, just like free maneuver in an Army Training area.. but if the accounts some are giving.. hearing the plane after the boom, I'd say they weren't in the test range at all.. I mean isn't the test Range on the other side of the Eastern Shore, and still a ways off-shore? Definetly too far to hear the engine noise of an F-18.
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The range is a collection of restricted areas, the Inner Range is R-4005N/S/SW/W, R-4002, R-4006, R-4008, and R-6609. We also have a Test Track offshore over the Atlantic in W-386 and have access to the rest of W-386 also. The Inner Range is roughly 40NM X 60NM oriented NE to SW over the eastern shore, western shore of Maryland and the northern neck of Virginia available in some areas from the surface up to FL850.
 
Pete

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I was in a P-3 that did a head to head pass, we a split S went inverted slammed on the brakes he flew right by and we went immediatly to guns.

:confused: Or maybe that was in a movie I saw, I can't remember.
 
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