B2 in flight...

[B@tfinkV]

hehe cool xbrit. i wasnt in the group that got to take a flight in one, but the rest of us did get to use the laser target range while we waited for them to come back which was always fun. you flying out of brieze norton? that only an hour from my house.



edit:

is it brieze or brize norton?  i was sure it was brieze and the youtube guy spelt it wrong but maybe not.

[crockett]

Originally posted by WMLute
This I could believe.

I happened to be in a trailer we were using as a temp. "office" near Tinker Air Force Base and had a couple of B1's fly over us to land.

I thought my fillings would come out and the windows would blow out of the trailer.  The walls were shaking, things were rattlin' off shelves and bouncing off the desks.

I don't even wanna think how loud it would be if it was on full afterburner.

There were two B1's here in Daytona for the last air show. Man were they loud and it's also amazing how big of an aircraft they are.

[AKH]

Brize bat

[Furball]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
rather than a new thread i thought i might imbed a small hijack regarding the noise of a vc-10, if no one minds


OMG loud

landing and brieze norton

seriously loud, wrecks the mic on those cameras. in the flesh they are even louder than you can believe form those vids.

the seconds clip of one landing is at the RAF base we stayed on for the cadets and where i was woken up to do drill practice early in the morning with my ear drums splitting from the damn vc-10s warming up not so far away.

I have been up in one of those, they are pretty loud and on the inside too!  Fantastic, beautiful jet tho.


Loudest i heard was when i was standing near RAF Lakenheath about 17 years ago, we were coming out of a restaurant near to the end of the runway there.  All of a sudden we heard, (and felt!) a gigantic kinda rumble, it continued for a few seconds before a huge black shape filled the air - it was an SR71 which had just taken off.

I was only about 6 at the time, one of those experiences i will never forget!

[Sharrk]

Saw 1 of them B2's in 1990 whilst drivin across the States between LA and Vegas, had an F16 escort flying beside it.
Got a picture of it but it was a whiles ago now.

Loudest AC I heard was when the Concorde was doin a richmans world tour in the 1990's, and dropped into Brisbane Australia. When she was takin off sounded like the end of the world shook the hell out of everything a few Kilometres away.
Still can see it liftin above the mangroves, couldnt believe it at first.

Sharrk...

[68Raptor]

Originally posted by midnight Target
I don't know how it compares, but the loudest thing I ever heard was an SR-71 in burner. It was at the old Norton AFB air show in 1985 or 86. It was awe inspiring.

This is too funny a post. I went to a few airshows at Norton AFB when I was a kid. I know that I went to one there in 85 or 86 though. Small world. Anyways the SR-71 was loud but IIRC the part that made popcorn and drinks spill was the low pass of the lone Thunderbird that came in 90 degree to the runway (behind the crowd) as everyone was watching the other planes and kicks on the afterburner almost right over the crowd. I don't remember how many babies started crying after that but it was alot.

[xbrit]

It is Brize Norton Bat. My time there was way back, passing through at various times from 74-89. My Squadrons home base was Lyneham but our tasking took us all over the world and flying out of many bases on all types of transport aircraft.

[moot]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
rather than a new thread i thought i might imbed a small hijack regarding the noise of a vc-10, if no one minds


OMG loud

landing and brieze norton

seriously loud, wrecks the mic on those cameras. in the flesh they are even louder than you can believe form those vids.

the seconds clip of one landing is at the RAF base we stayed on for the cadets and where i was woken up to do drill practice early in the morning with my ear drums splitting from the damn vc-10s warming up not so far away.

Louder than a space shuttle launch?  I don't have a link handy, but a vid taken from the VAB vincinity has even the cameraman's guts shaking.

[Charon]

Bodhi's picture reveals the truth at last. You'll notice the B2 has just completed a high altitude mind control chemical spraying operation.

Charon

[LEADPIG]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
ah ok.  loudest thing i have ever heard was an old VC-10 tanker at an RAF base when i was a cadet. after that it was a harrier in hover mode, hurts the ears.

them VC-10 have quad tail mounted jets.

The loudest thing i have ever heard was Metallica.

[xbrit]

Like Moot said a Shuttle launch !!
I went down with my wife a few years ago to watch one, she said she wanted to see one before he vision got any worse. It was incredible, we aquired a VIP pass to the viewing area at the Cape, not only could you hear the noise but you could feel it deep in your chest.
There is a long funny story attached to that VIP pass so I won't bore you with it for now but suffice to say it made my wife very happy, with her vision now practically gone at least she's got that memory.

[Bodhi]

The shuttle is definitely impressive.

I was able to get in close to a launch one time through a friend, and the shear magnitude of energy being released is awe inspiring.  The noise, the pressure, the pounding in your chest.... definitely impressive.

That said though, it is a solid fuel rocket.

[GoldenP51]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
wow, always amazes me that thing can stay in the air. cool pic


i bet that thing made a hell of a noise as it passed you.

Yeah, it is really quiet...in DC one flew over the Redskins MNF game...it was ridiculously quiet...appears a lot bigger when it is flying close overhead too