Classic British Flight Sim

For some reason I always thought that an aircraft breaking the sound barrier was followed by 2 bangs and not just the one!! *-) Nigel. I believe that you get 2 bangs when travelling above Mach 2 (and 3 bangs above Mach 3). The speed of sound in air at atmospheric pressure is approx 760mph. So that ...

I heard it, I really thought there had been an explosion it was so loud! I was expecting to hear sirens shortly afterwards.
Funny, I'd always imagined a sonic boom to sound like a sharp crack, not a bomb going off.

Kevin

And a belated Happy Christmas from me.
Let's hope that 2021 is better than 2020.

Kevin

I was pretty sure it was Indian, but much searching found nothing comparable.

Kevin

I remember seeing the SRN4's as a kid. Huge great things. I always wanted to go on one but we ended up on cross channel ferries as my Dad had shares in the company which allowed us to travel at reduced price. I did have an Airfix SRN4, half of which was made from clear plastic, allowing viewing of c...

The two largest planets in the Solar System (Jupiter and Saturn) are at a point in their orbits where they will be at their closest for nearly 800 years on 21 Dec 2020. They will be approximately 1/5 the diameter of the Moon apart and visible (British weather permitting) low in the sky to the S/SW j...

blanston12 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2020, 14:48 Happy Birthday Graham, sorry I am a day late, but if you stop on by I will still buy you a pint!

Filonian wrote: ↑07 Dec 2020, 15:38 Cheers Joe. If you make it a malt I'm there in a flash

Graham

What, a pint of Malt Whisky
Steady on, Graham!

Kevin

Mike, it could be that the Windows Registry has not up dated and is therefore not seeing the new processor. If so, it could require a re-installation of Windows to fix it. Alternatively you could check in the BIOS as to which processor it is seeing - don't do this unless you know what you're doing i...

No Birthdays today. As I said in the Dambusters post, I'm recently home from the street Christmas party, and I'm feeling generous. Again, no animation. Easy peasy, I expect everyone to get a badge for this. http://airspeedsflyingvisit.threadwings.com.au/wpimages/8a0f51cb9138.jpg http://airspeedsfly...

Happy Birthday, Graham.

A good excuse for a wee dram or two!

Kevin