Eric de Kerne · @ericbardi
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IdahoLark · @IdahoLark
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Yep, I got to fly in that baby once, way back in 1979. I still have the souvenir kit from it, which I need to rehome. The coolest thing was being able to see the curvature of the earth and the darkness above from that high up (60,000 feet or 18,300 meters).

#throwbackthursday #concorde #supersonic #britishairways #mach2

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Celebrating the anniversary of the first airplane to ever fly at twice the speed of sound: the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, piloted by Scott Crossfield, achieved Mach 2 on 20 November 1953. The plane is now on display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

#MuseumOfPortableSound #soundbeyondmusic #cultureofsound #rocket #soundbarrier #speed #NationalAirandSpaceMuseum #smithsonian #skyrocket #DouglasD558 #mach2 #SpeedOfSound

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