JohnT Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 It’s up here on the BBC web site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-56125192 I suppose it was inevitable but after the Concorde tests I wonder how many are genuine. A very long time ago I read that Concordes proving flights were publicised in advance with route date and time. A number of damage claims came in each time she flew. There was some bemusement though that a similar number of claims came in for sonic boom damage to property the day they took her out of the hangar only for her to go unserviceable and straight back in again. Must have been some pushback at over Mach 1 !!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Yes I saw the item. I was at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on that day, just getting out of my car when this happened. I had previously thought that a sonic boom would be like a low rumble - but no, this was like a small explosion! Very loud indeed, and there right above me was the vapour trail from the jet. A Pararmedic in the parking bay across the road sussed it straight away, where I was convinced someone's tyre had exploded! SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Once upon a time, in Arad a patch of F-4 Kurnas caused a broken glass city! It is a matter of local weather too, how the boom is really built up. In Israel I had the chance to hear them in a variety like blossoms. Happy modelling 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 When I were a lad..........living in an area with both RAF and USAF bases in the neighbourhood, sonic booms were everyday occurrences. Not many frightened folk or compensation claims back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Are these claims for real? If I were the RAF claims handler, I'd be giving them short shrift. Lots of 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Wow... this thread makes me feel young... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Nocoolname said: Wow... this thread makes me feel young. An interesting article from 1962... https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1962/05/19/boom-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 To be honest this thread is looking a bit one sided...centre of London or other city meh nobody even noticed but if you are say mid Essex then it might be more unusual to hear bangs such as that and if it happened to correspond with i dunno breaking a window then probably fair enough but a flat screen tv with a plastic window ....hmm🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 As an aside I live on the very low (relatively) flight path to the worlds superior Rotary wing factory ....I keep hoping they will drop something on my very old shed.😜 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Popular misconception of sonic booms - most people think it only occurs as a localised 'bang' when the aircraft first breaks the sound barrier but in fact it is the shockwaves from supersonic flight which trail behind the aircraft like a 'bow wave' so you'll hear the bang wherever the wave hits the ground. A supersonic aircraft can affect a surprisingly large area with its 'sonic carpet' and at lower levels it can cause a lot of damage to windows, greenhouses and sheds! I would want somebody to compensate me for that kind of damage, but interrupting my workout probably doesn't count 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) Imagine this over the Shard... Edited February 22, 2021 by Blimpyboy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 To make things more scientifically clear: You get a sonic boom if the pressure ratio is 2 or above. This means that even in each human body this occurs. A sneezing and a fad are sonic booms. So, for equal law and equal right, try to get a compensation from government or RAF for a fad! Happy smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 What's a fad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, junglierating said: What's a fad? I think it’s the scientific consequence of breaking wind interacting with autocorrect to produce nonsense 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 21/02/2021 at 20:38, junglierating said: As an aside I live on the very low (relatively) flight path to the worlds superior Rotary wing factory ....I keep hoping they will drop something on my very old shed.😜 Not Westland (contains Westland parts I suppose...), but a Chinook dropped an emergency escape hatch up on the Mendips a few years ago! When they used to fly low level over the Mendip foothills (directly over my house), they flew so low they shook my models/books/paintings off my shelves 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Ridiculous. The Typhoon lads or lasses are up there risking their lives to defend our freedom yet some people want to try and claim money because they didn’t like the big loud bang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Lord Riot said: Ridiculous. The Typhoon lads or lasses are up there risking their lives to defend our freedom yet some people want to try and claim money because they didn’t like the big loud bang. That very much depends on if said bang broke anything of value ...its all relative think how you might feel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Yeah, I think it’s a common sense compromise, in the same manner that Western European farmers would claim damages for havoc wrought to crops by military exercises. We are democracies, after all! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paws4thot Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Well, I actually have experienced a "sonic boom", with sufficient warning to know when it was coming. It sounded like frying bacon, and faded as the source moved further away from where I was observing about 2 miles up range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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