On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:49:40 -0400, Kevin Brooks wrote:

Granted the majority of the show has to be done at lower speeds, but I don't
know if they *never* get close to that speed... I remember as a kid watching
the Thunderbirds every summer at Langley AFB, and one of the features of
their show was the "everybody has their attention on the four aircraft to
their front, and along comes the solo from behind the crowd screaming
overhead like the hammers-from-hell at *very* high speed" bit. Wouldn't be
surprised if the solo was not doing every bit of M0.9 (plus) during that
event.

I was sitting on the roof of our ops building in the PI when the
Thunderbirds performed there (on their way to China). I'd been escorting
some civilian contractors working on the AC when the show started and we
all took a seat to watch. I think every one of us almost jumped off that
roof when the solo bird came overhead at high subsonic speed.

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