# Airshow and military jets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airshow-and-military-jets/729811>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 3, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airshow-and-military-jets/729811 "2015-09-03T13:44:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airshow-and-military-jets/729811/21 "2015-09-04T12:29:51Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Sure they do.
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> I lived in Lancaster, and I was on the Space Shuttle Support Team at Edwards. I heard the double sonic boom of the Space Shuttles many times as they did Mach 1.5 at 60,000 feet on their landing approaches.

I’m guessing he meant to say that above a certain altitude, the shock wave does not reach the ground _as a destructive overpressure wave._

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**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airshow-and-military-jets/729811/22 "2015-09-04T14:32:08Z")

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Condsider my ignorance fought. Thanks all, especially LSLGuy with his usual clear explanations.

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