On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:58:51 -0400, cbwaters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frank,
> Are B-52s and KC-130s loud enough?
> We had the big bombers at an airbase near the University. They're gone now
> but it was interesting walking to class with those beasties lumbering by on
> approach overhead. It's better though to be awakened by B-52s at the
> beginning or end of the flight than when they're mid-mission...
>
> CW
> will only reply to OT threads today...no reason but hey, why stop here?
>
IIRC, KC 130's are military spec 707 converted to tankers, no? I'm
guessing they used the same engines as 707's, and since I doubt 707's
had much noise deadening technology in them, KC 130's would have
sounded about the same.
B 52's are another story. Whatever engines they use, they gots eight
of 'em. Once, when I was around 10, we were driving past Plattsburgh
(NY) Airforce Base, and B52's were having a simulated scramble. It
was quite awesome, watching dozens of them big suckers, one after
another, rolling down the runway and taking off, with all that black
smoke bellowing from them ("we're the military - we can pollute,
because we defend the free world from tyranny!"). I recall the visual
image, but can't remember the sound.
Those things must sound cool, eh? <vbg>
BTW, Cory, good policy on the OT threads. I like it...
cheers,
frank
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