Interesting things too

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factotum started the topic in Thursday, 21 Nov 2019 at 2:21pm

For when one interesting things thread isn't enough.

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southernraw Sunday, 16 Mar 2025 at 8:56pm

Yeah possibly @TS. Been no sign of any aircraft lately though and we're out of most flightpaths down here. And it was felt over an area of about 100kms...all on the coastal fringe, same kinda experience from all reports, a large thunder like boom but like i said, it felt more like a shock impact against the house, as if a tree had fallen on it or something.
Couldn't rule that out sonic boom theory out though, except sceptical about it due to zero aircraft activity around here lately...apart from the odd cessna!

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southernraw Sunday, 16 Mar 2025 at 8:59pm
tubeshooter wrote:

Sonic boom from some sort of aircraft training exercise maybe?

Edit. seems the Singaporean government has form.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/new-twist-as-singapore-weighs-in-on-...

Just saw you're edit.
Yeah wow. So, wouldn't be far fetched to imagine it's Chinese military exercises to the south of here. Exactly the same kind of bang.
Geeez they've got some powerful toys if that's the case. Gotta wonder what the fuck that does to all the creatures living in the ocean off here. Insert next mass whale stranding. Might keep the pointers away for a week or two at least.

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tubeshooter Sunday, 16 Mar 2025 at 9:24pm
southernraw wrote:
tubeshooter wrote:

Sonic boom from some sort of aircraft training exercise maybe?

Edit. seems the Singaporean government has form.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/new-twist-as-singapore-weighs-in-on-...

Just saw you're edit.
Yeah wow. So, wouldn't be far fetched to imagine it's Chinese military exercises to the south of here. Exactly the same kind of bang.
Geeez they've got some powerful toys if that's the case. Gotta wonder what the fuck that does to all the creatures living in the ocean off here. Insert next mass whale stranding. Might keep the pointers away for a week or two at least.

Fucking military aircraft way offshore are total pricks (RAAF) . I've had the bastards fly so low over boats you can see the farkers helmets. If there's a group of you, they'll line you all up and strafe you for mock target practice. I've heard a couple of sonic booms out there and how they didn't shatter the windows I'll never know. Certainly puts the wind up ya.
By the time you stick the middle finger up, which at that altitude they would clearly see, the pricks are halfway to Townsville.
Utter bastards.

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southernraw Sunday, 16 Mar 2025 at 9:37pm

Cheers for the headsup on the sonic chronic TS! I'll sleep a little better and won't be checking for reds under the bed, for tonight at least! haha.
Bloody hell what pricks! Probably do the same if i was a wanker in a high powered machine i guess. Hope ya well mate!!

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tubeshooter Sunday, 16 Mar 2025 at 9:54pm

haha cheers SR. you too.
I would too if I could. Damn flyboys.

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seeds Monday, 17 Mar 2025 at 9:38am

I’ve never heard this story. You’d have to excuse this flyboys final boom. What a way to go!
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/cosmonaut-vladimir-komarov-last-wo...

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southernraw Monday, 17 Mar 2025 at 10:18am
seeds wrote:

I’ve never heard this story. You’d have to excuse this flyboys final boom. What a way to go!
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/cosmonaut-vladimir-komarov-last-wo...

Crikey!

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seeds Monday, 17 Mar 2025 at 10:48am
southernraw wrote:
seeds wrote:

I’ve never heard this story. You’d have to excuse this flyboys final boom. What a way to go!
https://www.ladbible.com/news/science/cosmonaut-vladimir-komarov-last-wo...

Crikey!

He probably said that too plus some other choice words.

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basesix Saturday, 22 Mar 2025 at 9:50am

heathrow airport was totally shutdown.. sbs is using some great graphic modelling by someone called Mark Edwards and explains from Nick Beake's bbc report: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c93k595e9yxo
(power now restored, first flights coming in, investigations and questions about heathrow fragility continue)

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udo Friday, 28 Mar 2025 at 8:14am

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basesix Friday, 28 Mar 2025 at 8:22am

oh Lord! Mr Eno, your vinyl will be getting a right royal pounding this weeked!
(and I promise to forgive all self-indulgent wankiness..)
cheers @udo, that interview just gets better and better..

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 30 Mar 2025 at 9:38pm

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I know it's my destiny (Pokémon)
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend (Pokémon
Gotta catch 'em all) A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you (Ooh, ooh)
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I know it's my destiny (Pokémon)
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend (Pokémon
Gotta catch 'em all) A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
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wax24 Monday, 31 Mar 2025 at 12:52am
tubeshooter wrote:
southernraw wrote:
tubeshooter wrote:

Sonic boom from some sort of aircraft training exercise maybe?

Edit. seems the Singaporean government has form.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/new-twist-as-singapore-weighs-in-on-...

Just saw you're edit.
Yeah wow. So, wouldn't be far fetched to imagine it's Chinese military exercises to the south of here. Exactly the same kind of bang.
Geeez they've got some powerful toys if that's the case. Gotta wonder what the fuck that does to all the creatures living in the ocean off here. Insert next mass whale stranding. Might keep the pointers away for a week or two at least.

Fucking military aircraft way offshore are total pricks (RAAF) . I've had the bastards fly so low over boats you can see the farkers helmets. If there's a group of you, they'll line you all up and strafe you for mock target practice. I've heard a couple of sonic booms out there and how they didn't shatter the windows I'll never know. Certainly puts the wind up ya.
By the time you stick the middle finger up, which at that altitude they would clearly see, the pricks are halfway to Townsville.
Utter bastards.

Hey Toobie and Southern..... i was stayin in a trailer in the desert next to Area 51 8 years ago. I was by myself. I was there cuz Area 51 is supposed to be a hotspot for back engineering the recovered (crashed) UFOs. Anyways, without retelling that story, i was almost knocked outta bed by a low flying, sonic boom creatin military plane on some kinda test run. Given the area... when it first happened, i thought it was the Aliens, come to get me. I started throwin on clothes, sure that it would be very cold wherever they were gonna take me, lol. Saw all kindsa weird flyin objects in the sky that night, tho.

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tubeshooter Monday, 31 Mar 2025 at 7:05pm

haha, classic Waxxy.
Sounds like a very interesting trip, and equally interesting story.
Glad to hear you weren't 'probed' by an ET. ;)

Actually, legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager (first man to break the sound barrier) was a bit of a hero of mine as a youngster. Full hell man.