On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:58:36 GMT, Patriacia@homealone.com wrote:
>My Dad said the loudest was the North American T2A (not the B). It had no
>tail pipe, so even the tiny J34 could put out the decibels. "If sound could
>be converted to speed the T2A would have been supersonic."
The A-6 / EA-6 are (were) in the running as well.
I lost a fair bit of hearing many years back on departure day after a
local air show waiting while a B-1 warmed up. Standing a couple
hundred yards almost directly in front with the engines at idle was
downright painful. Moved to position an F-16 between us - an F-16
with ~its~ engine running and only about 20 yards away - cut the sound
level appreciably.
I have no idea why friends are always telling me to get my earring
decked...
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