On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:26:23 +1000, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hmm, in certain weather conditions my place is just at the spot where they tend > to apply reverse thrust, it ain't quiet. I don't dispute you, Rob (well, actually, I do, but I'm being polite about it <g>). My answer to that would be that 40 years ago, those reverse thrusters would have been louder than today's jets. Did you know that Pratt & Whitney engines used in civil aviation are powered by fuzzy little kittens running and frolicking on tiny little treadmills? They just have lots and lots of kittens and treadmills in each engine. <vbg> Seriously, Airliners today are magnitudes quieter than those when I was a kid. Ever have a DC8 or Boeing 707 fly over your house? You knew when those babies went over, let me tell you! My office is a couple of hunded yards from the end of a runway at Toronto's Pearson Airport, and I can't believe how quiet those big Airbuses and Boeing 767 and the like are, both landing and taking off. Just a nice buzzing sound these days, at least compared to when I was a kid. Mind you, I had to walk 30 miles to school, barefoot in winter blizzards, yadda yadda yadda... <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
