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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Loudest plane I've heard was a B1B taking off and climbing.
So loud it was hard to differentiate direction the noise was coming from.
Definitely not stealthy at low altitude  |
Awesome airplane and crazy loud. McConnell AFB in Wichita used to have them stationed here, there are many stories from people who live near the base about B1s at full afterburner shaking pictures off of the walls. Also stories about their flybys at the annual Riverfest summer festival, buzzing the river low enough that they kicked up spray. Apparently they got into trouble for that one. They used to buzz my in-laws' house in central KS, low and in formation they would pass over the house and then go full afterburner, climb and split. I asked a B1 pilot about it once, and he knew exactly what I was talking about. Apparently my in-laws have been bombed by the B1, hundreds of times. 
Now we have the KC-135, and soon the KC-46. Not quite the same cool factor. The Harrier at hover is also damn loud.
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