LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — For the second time in two weeks, homes across central Missouri rattled on Wednesday, Sept. 7, as a fighter jet broke the sound barrier far overhead.
Boeing has confirmed the supersonic F-15 thundered across central Missouri at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, during a test flight. A similar boom jarred central Missourians almost exactly two weeks before this one, on Wednesday, Aug. 24 around 4:53 p.m. That, too, was caused by a Boeing test flight of their F-15 fighter jet.
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A Boeing spokesperson said the recent flyovers are relatively uncommon, since test flights do not typically go over the Lake of the Ozarks area. However, she said, this is an approved area for flight, and these two incidents were the result of air traffic controllers directing the jets outside their more typical flight areas, due to weather and air traffic patterns.
The intensity of the boom can vary, based on air pressure and even on the direction in which the jet is traveling, the spokesperson said.
Sonic booms are rarely heard at the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Boeing spokesperson said Lake-area residents have no reason to expect their frequency to increase. “It’s an approved area for us, but not one that we fly very often,” she stated.
Boeing is supplying these F-15s under contract with the U.S. Air Force, and while the company wouldn’t confirm exactly who was on board, the jet was being flown by a government-approved air crew, the spokesperson said, noting it is not uncommon for an Air Force pilot and a Boeing test pilot to both be on board.
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