"D. Glenn Arthur Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jostein wrote: >> IIRC, the altitude where jumbo jet pollution happens offsets the >> efficiency. The same amount of exhausts do a lot more damage up there. > >Which reminds me ... Are fighters actually much louder than >jetliners, or is it just that when they pass over my house >they do so at a much lower altitude than jetliners do?
They're probably louder. Fighters are powered by straight turbojets rather than high-bypass fanjets. Also, being rather, ah... utilitarian, in design, fighters have little devoted to noise abatement technology for its own sake ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
