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Pretty clever. False cockpit aside, the A-10 is my favorite plane of all time. It has a sound that's really unmistakable. (well, technically I guess it's the
by thearn4 13y ago
Pretty clever.
False cockpit aside, the A-10 is my favorite plane of all time. It has a sound that's really unmistakable.
(well, technically I guess it's the GAU-8 making the sound...)
- arethuza 13y agoSlightly off topic... The village where I grew up in Scotland is on a headland on the coast and was near a couple of RAF bases - it seemed a popular route point so my childhood had a lot of very low flying military aircraft about so I guess we were all used to the noise. Then came the day when there was a Vulcan bomber doing apparently doing aerobatics at a fairly low level over the village - it's probably close to 40 years but I don't think I will ever forget that utterly glorious sound.... [Edit: the sight of a Vulcan being thrown around the sky isn't something I'll forget either!]
- twic 13y agoI saw one doing tricks at an airshow at RAF Valley many years ago. It sounded like tearing silk.
- arethuza 13y agoHere is a video of a Vulcan taking off - that "howl" is pretty distinctive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzdtYU7i_jY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzdtYU7i_jY I have to assume that the secret UK war plan wasn't to drop H-bombs on the Soviets but to deafen them into submission.
- amorphid 13y agoAt an airshow, I saw a US Harrier do a vertical take off. It was really loud! At a different airshow, I saw an SR-71 take off and fly around. That was pretty damn loud, too. It set off every car alarm in the parking lot.
- dingaling 13y agoThe painted false cockpit was first operationally used on Canadian CF-18 Hornets, but derived from USAF research in conjunction with an aviation artist. So the A-10 community adopted it second-hand.
- dylanrw 13y agoIts engines are most definitely distinctive, that fan sound is some sweet music.