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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.

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