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INTRODUCTION
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... Conduct of Study Work on this study was initiated by reviewing data available in draft and final reports of prior Federal Aviation Agency-, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-, and National Sonic Boom Evaluation Office-sponsored sonic boom tests, including the recently concluded Edwards AFB program. Other related material such as data available from the on-going Department of the Air Force operational-suitability testing of the SR-71 was also reviewed.
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