Had that B1 picture as a poster in my room when i was younger. We use to have a camp on cape cod near the end of the runway of Otis Air base. Lot's of cool stuff there. Use to have Darts then they had f-15's. Several air shows. One of the air shows they had an f-15 stand on it's tail and go straight up, right over our lake. Lot's of c-130's there depending on year, some were coast guard. They had a C-5 galaxy come in for an air show, that thing is massive.
There is/was a Pizza Hut at the end of one of Elsworth's runway's. We'd eat pizza while Bones shot approaches. It was a good day.
sachilles wrote: I had an A-10 crest over a mountain where I work. It was a bit of a surprise, but being a nut about anything related to aviation it was cool to see. Won't likely ever be as close to one in flight again. I'd hate to be the bad guys in an area where those things are stationed.
You'd also hate to be a homeowner (unless you're like me, and you're a closet aviation geek). My parents live about 20 miles from Whiteman AFB in Missouri. I've seen A-10s go over so low I could make out individual rivets pretty easily. They like to go over the dam on the local reservoir at <100 feet AGL. Pretty cool to watch.
kazoospec wrote:yamaha wrote: The B1 is perhaps America's least known bomber.And the loudest manmade object I've ever heard.
Close. SECOND loudest.
We have a winner.
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psteav wrote:kazoospec wrote:Close. SECOND loudest.yamaha wrote: The B1 is perhaps America's least known bomber.And the loudest manmade object I've ever heard.
I've heard them both, and the B1 wins for loud IMHO.
02Pilot wrote:psteav wrote:I've heard them both, and the B1 wins for loud IMHO.kazoospec wrote:Close. SECOND loudest.yamaha wrote: The B1 is perhaps America's least known bomber.And the loudest manmade object I've ever heard.
My tech school was at MCAS Cherry Point NC. Its not that the Harriers are louder, it's that they practice short field takeoffs and landings that require a lot of thrust. Very loud for a longer period of time.
That is very cool Tornado footage from the Mach Loop.
The B-1 is a loud one. I was at the Buffalo NY airport waiting to take off, the friday before an airshow. I was the next airplane to go after some other airplanes land. A B-1 requested permission from the tower to make a low pass before landing. He passed me 200 feet above the runway at what seemed like full power. The Cessna 404 that I was flying shook and all I could hear was 4 screaming jet engines. I was impressed.
Several years later I was at Oshkosh when 2 B-1's made several low passes. The slow psses with the wings extended were very good. The pass at .95 mach and 300 feet was one of the most awe inspiring things that I have witnessed.
off on a tangent....this summer on the way to Indy from vermont, we passed the drag strip in Rochester NY within view of I90. I was half awake, and my wife was driving. We passed just as a pair of some type of uncorked car took off from the line. Scared me awake and caused my wife to swerve away from the noise. Holy Christmas that was louder than I expect to hear.
The_Jed wrote:The_Jed wrote: Anybody else hear this in their head when they watched that jet video?Iron Eagle... No? Fine, I'll go over here and be weird now...
I got the Iron Eagle reference !! I'm just a little late checking back in on this thread :D
I will also agree that Harriers are incredibly loud while they are hovering there (as are the Thunderbirds when they warm up the engines all sitting close on the flightline).
And B-1's are one of my all-time faves. I love the way the afterburners make my stomach rumble when they turn away from you ;D
I'm guessing I might be the only one on this thread to have experienced the glorious sounds of B-58 Hustlers.
Their landing approach to Bunker Hill AFB (later renamed Grissom AFB) took them a few hunderd feet over an uncle's farm and my great-grandmother's house. I always looked forward to those family reunions in Indiana.
It's cool we have a bunch of other aviation dorks on here. Anyone else here that watched the show Wings on Discovery channel back in the 90s. That show had a HUGE impact on me going into the military... and building model airplanes.
*Not Wings the damn comedy show*** 
My mother and I lived with my father when he was stationed at Okinowa in 1974 (he could do the least damage there...). Our apartment was across the street from the base, so I got to watch a fair number of aircraft from the roof: F4's, B52's, and my all time favorite - the SR71. I can still remember the Blackbirds. At least as well as one remembers something when they're 4.
B1 over the harrier for noise IMHO. A pair of F15s going vertical when you're inside one of the old tin sheds, and 100yards away from the runway may top that. Ran out of the shed with my hands over my ears cussing.
Hmmm. Saw the B-1B and the Harrier at the same Oshkosh (been a few years...) and I distinctly remember the Harrier as being louder, but it was taking off vertically and then transitioning into regular flight, so it was at full thrust for a solid 45 seconds or so....it was loud for sure. I also remember the B-1B being LOUD ( I was standing behind one on the tarmac when they spun it up, back behind the barriers) but I remember the Harrier being OMGWTFBBQ loud.
Google says the TU-95 is the loudest production aircraft out there. Not being from Alaska, I wouldn't know. Cool planes though.
So now my curiosity is piqued. From the Wikipedia article on the XF-84 "Thunderscreech":
Wikipedia said: The XF-84H was quite possibly the loudest aircraft ever built (rivalled only by the Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bomber [13]), earning the nickname "Thunderscreech" as well as the "Mighty Ear Banger".[14] On the ground "run ups", the prototypes could reportedly be heard 25 miles (40 km) away.[15] Unlike standard propellers that turn at subsonic speeds, the outer 24–30 inches of the blades on the XF-84H's propeller traveled faster than the speed of sound even at idle thrust, producing a continuous visible sonic boom that radiated laterally from the propellers for hundreds of yards. The shock wave was actually powerful enough to knock a man down; an unfortunate crew chief who was inside a nearby C-47 was severely incapacitated during a 30-minute ground run.[15] Coupled with the already considerable noise from the subsonic aspect of the propeller and the dual turbines, the aircraft was notorious for inducing severe nausea and headaches among ground crews.[10] In one report, a Republic engineer suffered a seizure after close range exposure to the shock waves emanating from a powered-up XF-84H.
Now THAT'S pretty cool.
Wow, sounds like a pretty effective weapon in and of its self!
psteav wrote:kazoospec wrote:Close. SECOND loudest.yamaha wrote: The B1 is perhaps America's least known bomber.And the loudest manmade object I've ever heard.
This.
One of our autocross lots is at the end of the main runway at the Louisville airport. We had an event the day after Thunder Over Louisville (huge air show and fireworks show) and all the military jets were leaving and buzzing us as we raced. Most were certainly louder than all the commercial jets that normally fly over us. I was in my car, helmet on, visor down when the harriers left. I was trying to stick my fingers in my ears under my helmet. It was the loudest fuggin thing I've ever heard!
When I was England, I saw a several of these old birds (right before they retired them) doing low altitude exercises.
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Now that we are looking at Bucaneers, this one is low. It is one of the best low altitude aircraft ever.
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