(Bill Kapaun) wrote:

In article ,
(Corrie) wrote:

My vote for best loud airplane sound, though, would have to go to the
B-36. Rent the Jimmy Stewart classic, "Strategic Air Command" and
turn up the surround-sound.... Folks who heard them fly over the
Great Plains say that you would hear that drone for hours as that
six-ply contrail slowly crossed from horizon to horizon

I lived about 30 miles from Fairchild AFB and remember them "visiting"
while flying their missions, nearly blotting out the sky.
Those "thumping" props almost made your innards rub together.

A low-level B-52 pass at about 400 knots will certainly get your
attention. It's interesting to look up and see one of those suckers
close enough over your head to notice details. At night. On a
blacked-out flightline...

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