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Is the noise truly a probably or was that just lobbying by Boeing to make sure it didn't succeed?

mshook 11y ago
At the time it was built, it was a little bit noisier than the 707. The only issue is that while planes got much quieter (as the 707 was retired for example and new ones appeared), Concorde kept on flying... So in a way, it got louder with age.
protomyth 11y ago
Yep, it is a problem (though not on the ocean flight obviously). I'm pretty sure Boeing would have liked to sell a SST given what they spent back in the day and their teaming with NASA to figure out a way to reduce the sonic boom. http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html
idlewords 11y ago
Here's what it sounds like to have a supersonic Concorde fly overhead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annkM6z1-FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annkM6z1-FE And here's what it sounds like on takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ShTUVIzCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ShTUVIzCI Note that it sets off nearby car alarms.
gsnedders 11y ago
Turbojets are truly that much louder than the turbofans we're now used to. At the time it was only a bit louder than contemporary aircraft, but everything else got far quieter. Concorde is more comparable in engine noise to a modern fighter jet than it is to most commercial aircraft.
brc 11y ago
It's always been seen to me as a supreme irony that a country that sells two-stroke leaf blowers and line trimmers by the chinese-container load was worried about a 4-times-day distant thunder-like rumble. Much more is understood about the noise footprint now than in the '60s.
david-given 11y ago
I used to live under the Concorde flight path in and out of Heathrow, and yes, it was noisy (even travelling subsonic). Every day at about 1000 there'd be this deep-throated roar and the windows would start rattling[ * ], I'd look up, and there'd be this beautiful delta-winged shape sliding through the sky. It was completely unlike the noise a normal jet makes, more like a rocket engine than anything else. I can't say it particularly annoyed me; I liked knowing it came from Concorde. [*] To be fair, I didn't have very good windows.

At the time it was built, it was a little bit noisier than the 707. The only issue is that while planes got much quieter (as the 707 was retired for example and new ones appeared), Concorde kept on flying... So in a way, it got louder with age.

protomyth 11y ago

Yep, it is a problem (though not on the ocean flight obviously). I'm pretty sure Boeing would have liked to sell a SST given what they spent back in the day and their teaming with NASA to figure out a way to reduce the sonic boom. http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html

idlewords 11y ago

Here's what it sounds like to have a supersonic Concorde fly overhead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annkM6z1-FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annkM6z1-FE And here's what it sounds like on takeoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ShTUVIzCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ShTUVIzCI Note that it sets off nearby car alarms.

gsnedders 11y ago

Turbojets are truly that much louder than the turbofans we're now used to. At the time it was only a bit louder than contemporary aircraft, but everything else got far quieter. Concorde is more comparable in engine noise to a modern fighter jet than it is to most commercial aircraft.

brc 11y ago

It's always been seen to me as a supreme irony that a country that sells two-stroke leaf blowers and line trimmers by the chinese-container load was worried about a 4-times-day distant thunder-like rumble. Much more is understood about the noise footprint now than in the '60s.

david-given 11y ago

I used to live under the Concorde flight path in and out of Heathrow, and yes, it was noisy (even travelling subsonic). Every day at about 1000 there'd be this deep-throated roar and the windows would start rattling[ * ], I'd look up, and there'd be this beautiful delta-winged shape sliding through the sky. It was completely unlike the noise a normal jet makes, more like a rocket engine than anything else. I can't say it particularly annoyed me; I liked knowing it came from Concorde. [*] To be fair, I didn't have very good windows.