747400sp From United States, joined Aug 2003, 1890 posts, RR: 2 Posted (3 years 3 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 1871 times:
From what I have been reading in a alot of post, here in military aviation, the KC-135A was the loud aircraft the USAF ever had. Lately I have been reading that the B-1B with all four engines on A/B is as loud or louder than a KC-135A. I may have herd in person a KC135A or maybe it was a E model, anyway was one loud aircraft. I has not herd a B-1B in person, but I have herd one in flightlevel350.com and I was very impressed, if they are that loud on video I could not not think about how loud they are in person. From what I been reading, both the KC-135A and a B-1B will shank any with in miles of them at take off. Since the KC-135A has long been re-engine into E or R model, I can not hear one today take off, also there is not B-1b base near me, so I am asking anybody who has been base near both these aircraft to tell me which one is the loudest?
you know for a second there I was going to say something about how is that possible, you are so full of watever... then I realized you said 58, not 52... SOOOO now I have a genuine reason to be jealous.. I would just short of killed to see/hear a 58. Too bad there is no way one of those will end up in private hands. I have a lotto ticket that's just itching to bring one of those birds out to play with.
PS: Of what I have experienced... the BONE is it!!!
HaveBlue From United States, joined Jan 2004, 1449 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1732 times:
The B-1 in burner is the second loudest jet I've heard... the harrier hovering being the first. But both are eclipsed by the sound of my ex wife nagging me.
747400sp From United States, joined Aug 2003, 1890 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (3 years 3 months 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1691 times:
Quoting HaveBlue (Reply 7): The B-1 in burner is the second loudest jet I've heard... the harrier hovering being the first.
I seen and hear a harrier hovering at sea, and yes it is loud, but after nearly two years of hearing them hoover at sea on a LHA, they did not seem so loud.
B52murph From United States, joined Feb 2006, 216 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 3 months 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1629 times:
Quoting Braud65 (Reply 5): Heard and seen both. Bone gets it hands down...
Regards
Concur...especially in a 2-ship launch at dawn; each jet heavily loaded for live weapon drops on the training range. Takes a lot of power to get 84 Mk82 500lb bombs moving....you do the math
I'd like to see a comparison to the SR-71. I've heard that sucker was about as loud as any two (7 stage AB, etc.), but haven't experienced any of them in my AF career.
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2004, 3415 posts, RR: 34 Reply 11, posted (3 years 3 months 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1534 times:
Not seen a KC-135 but I went to the Wright Brothers Centennial in Kitty Hawk, NC and saw a B1-B flypast. Now I've stood a couple of hundred feet underneath Concorde as it has taken off a number of times and I thought that was loud. Holy christ alive the B1-B eclipsed it pretty easily! As it came past the airfield with all four ABs on it aimed skywards and it was so loud (just crackles!) and so powerful I felt the force it was pushing out was going to adjust the Earth's orbit!!
I've seen the Harrier do it's hover thingy too. I used to fly out of Boscombe Down fairly often and we had the odd Harrier from RNAS Yeovilton come over and do hovery stuff. My building overlooked the flightline and it was pretty darn loud...the BAC 1-11 that taxied about 30ft from my window on a regular basis seemed pretty noisy too!
Trying to think of a few other noisy beasts:
-VC-10 again whilst at Boscombe...had one from Brize Norton come and do touch and gos all day once. Maybe a hundred feet from that thing as it takes off...thank the RAF for supplying decent ear wear!
-EF Typhoon...Jeepers, like the Tornado but louder, especially if you are in a single engined prop job as it takes off about 50ft from you
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Sovietjet From Bulgaria, joined Mar 2003, 1898 posts, RR: 17 Reply 12, posted (3 years 3 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1500 times:
Why does everyone say the Harrier is so loud? I've seen them many times at airshows and they arent anything outstanding. The B-1B on the other hand I gotta say is ridiculously loud. Also F-14, Mig-23 and Mig-25 are pretty ear-shattering. Especially Mig-23BNs.
KPDX From United States, joined Dec 2005, 1600 posts, RR: 4 Reply 14, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 1393 times:
Speaking of loud! The Hawker Hunter at the Hillsboro Airshow that tookoff (and crashed shortly after takeoff, which I btw, witnessed) was loud as HELL!
What kind of loud do you mean? If its the low pitched rumble of afterburners and thrust, I'd say the B1. But the KC-135's PW TF-33's on takeoff emit an unsurpassed, nasty screech that can deafen people if they are unprotected.
747400sp From United States, joined Aug 2003, 1890 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1340 times:
Quoting CF188A (Reply 18): hmmmmm..... to your ears perhaps ?
Maybe it is my ears but at the 2006 Langly Air Show they had F-15 doing demo all day, but when the Thrunder Birds perform those F-16 seem louder.
I like the F-15 better than any USAF fighter today (ok maybe not the F-22A) but my ears my can not lie to me.
747400sp From United States, joined Aug 2003, 1890 posts, RR: 2 Reply 20, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1338 times:
Quoting N231YE (Reply 16): What kind of loud do you mean? If its the low pitched rumble of afterburners and thrust, I'd say the B1. But the KC-135's PW TF-33's on takeoff emit an unsurpassed, nasty screech that can deafen people if they are unprotected.
I talking about something that will rattle my guts.
Seeing that J-57 that powered the KC-135A was a turbojet. I would think it would have a high pitch loud rumble and thrust sound because of the lack of by-pass fans.
I funny how the TF-33's (JT3-D) that nasty screech, but the JT8-D has a low pitched rumble and thrust sound at take off.
Sovietjet From Bulgaria, joined Mar 2003, 1898 posts, RR: 17 Reply 21, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1328 times:
Yea those TF-33s really aren't much of a rumble...they just screech really nasty!! Which is a different kind of loud. What does the J-57 sound like? Screech + rumble? That's a killer combo I guess!!
Bushpilot From South Africa, joined Jul 2007, 0 posts, RR: 2 Reply 25, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks ago) and read 1251 times:
I have seen B-1B and KC-135 E?model both take off, Less than 200 yards from the flight line during the Arctic thunder training out of Eilson AFB in FAI. Deep throaty rumble the Bone had, very impressive, shook the vehicle we were sitting in. Was a great morning for spotting, A-10s, F-15s-16s British Sepecats, Canadian f-18s, shame that exercise is on hold for the war on terror.
26 Lurch: Errr Huskits on a B-1?!? NOT Possible as the After Burners would soon remove the Hush Kits. The BONE (B-1) Is a Military aircraft so is allowed to mak
27 M0j0NL: back in the good o`l days on Soesterberg me and a buddy were standing against the fence thats not that far from the runway, 2 F111`s taxied onto the r
28 B52murph: That's a good one I have had several friends who where maintainers on F-15s in the 32d Fighter Sq at Soesterberg. Every single one without exception
29 Bmacleod: Could you possibly explain how this happens?
30 747400sp: The after buners would burner that hush kit off quick. Anyway why would any want to put a hush kit on a B-1B.
31 AirSpare: @KC135TopBoom- You saw a Hustler take of in full AB? Damn, the most beuatiful bomber never built. I'd trade watching SR-71s at Beale practice single e
32 N1641: I lived in Boise once, looking at a map and guessing, 4 miles northeast of the runways and not under the departure corridor and you could hear the B-1
33 Corey07850: B-1 has to be louder... Put it this way, at the Daytona 500 this year a B-1 departed DAB during the race with 43 cars at full throttle and everyone in
34 MCIGuy: I'd have to disagree. The Viper and the Eagle share the same engine only the Eagle has two. The loudest aircraft I've heard would have to be a tos
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