Resources

USAF Sonic Boom Fact Sheet
http://www.af.mil:80/news/factsheets/Sonic_Boom.html

An Air Force page about the characteristics of sonic booms.

NASA Fact Sheet- Space Shuttle and Sonic Boom
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/FactSheets/FS-016-DFRC.html

A page examining sonic booms caused by the space shuttle.

ThrustSSC
http://www.thrustssc.com/

The ThrustSSC project's gigantic site features everything from live pictures of the car to detailed descriptions of the technology that goes into it.

rec.aviation.military

A usenet group devoted to the discussion of classic and current military aviation.

The X-Planes: 50 Years of High Desert "Right Stuff"
http://space.magnificent.com/Aero/Xplanes/

An article from the Universal Times describing the history of the X-1 aircraft.