SR-71 engine run in the middle of the night on Okinawa. Talk about rock and
roll.

Les

"william cogswell" wrote in message
. ..
My personal fav is a F-14A chained down in the hi-power runup area at NAS
Qceana in zone 5

"BTIZ" wrote in message you have not heard loud.. until you hear the
F/A-22 on departure..

and yes.. A/B is used on every take off until reaching a safe speed and
altitude in the climb profile..

BT

"Scott Lowrey" wrote in message
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I reside about 6 miles off the departure end of MSP runway 12, so I'm
used to hearing a lot of jet traffic. I've only lived here for 6
months but I quickly adjusted to the noise. It's acutally not that
bad, excepting the venerable DC-9.

Today, though, what looked like an F-18 flew over. Wow. I haven't
seen too many fighters in my life (still have yet to see a "real" air
show). That thing peeled off to the southeast with a thunder that
even the DC-9 in full song can't match.

She was probably climbing through 3 or 4 thousand when I looked up.
Are afterburners used during departure? If not, I can't imagine what
_that_ sounds like.

-Scott