[Willie Green]

Once upon a time it was called the "sound of freedom". To many of us it still is.

The last time I heard my windows rattle was 5~6 years ago, when I was living in Michigan.
It was always on Saturday mornings, so I assumed that the National Guard had regularly scheduled training flights out over Lake Huron.
The booms weren't quite as loud as what I remember growing up back in the '50s and '60s,
but I at least recognized the sound and knew what it was immediately.

[steve86]

Yeah, F104 Starfighters used to make some really nice booms when my elementary class was out for recess (not that you couldn't hear them from inside the building!!). It always gives me pause that this is a sound most of the younger generation in this country has never heard.