This is your captain speaking...

Meryl Getline is an airline pilot and has an Ask The Captain column in USA Today in which she answers reader's questions about flying. Some sample questions include:

• How far can you see on a clear day?
  
• Can a commercial jet fly upside-down?
  
• Where do you keep the jet key?
  

In one of her columns, she mentions this super-cool slow-motion video of a jet creating a sonic boom. I didn't know you could see them as well as hear them.

Captain Meryl has also written a book and has a blog called From The Cockpit.

(via Gadgetopia)