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Mythbusters co-host Jamie Hyneman listens to Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Carnicello, of the Blue Angels public affairs office, as he explains the effects of a sonic boom on a trailer Feb. 19, 2009, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The Blue Angels invited the popular Discovery Channel program to test the myth that a sonic boom, caused when aircraft travel faster than the speed of sound, will break glass. The episode, filmed Febuary 2009, is scheduled to air June 10, 2009, at 9 p.m. EST on The Discovery Channel. - Mythbusters co-host Jamie Hyneman listens to Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Carnicello, of the Blue Angels public affairs office, as he explains the effects of a sonic boom on a trailer Feb. 19, 2009, on the Barry M. Goldwater Range east of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz. The Blue Angels invited the popular Discovery Channel program to test the myth that a sonic boom, caused when aircraft travel faster than the speed of sound, will break glass. The episode, filmed Febuary 2009, is scheduled to air June 10, 2009, at 9 p.m. EST on The Discovery Channel.
Lance Cpl. Charles M. Gardner, an air traffic control equipment maintainer at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., suffered only minor injuries Feb. 3, 2009, when he laid down his Yamaha FZ6 sport bike on 32nd Street east of the air station to avoid a collision with a car that veered into his lane. Gardner attributes his safety to the protective gear he was wearing at the time. Gardner, 21, is a native of Houston. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon) - Lance Cpl. Charles M. Gardner, an air traffic control equipment maintainer at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., suffered only minor injuries Feb. 3, 2009, when he laid down his Yamaha FZ6 sport bike on 32nd Street east of the air station to avoid a collision with a car that veered into his lane. Gardner attributes his safety to the protective gear he was wearing at the time. Gardner, 21, is a native of Houston. (Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bill Lisbon)