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Old 18th August 2008, 13:41   #3 (permalink)
Rainboe
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I live on the south coast of England and often hear this effect from jets descending into Gatwick as they pass overhead at about 10,000'. In particular, it is a change of note over about 5 seconds plus, but it cannot be doppler, it sounds like a low note becoming a higher note, which is opposite to doppler. Been in aviation for 40 years and cannot understand it,
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