Originally Posted by
Asturias56
I know some people at Fairey's - that's not what they say - there were "hopes" they could reduce the noise but development was stopped before they could really show it was acceptable..... and acceptable in the '60's is very very different from acceptable today - there were still a load of Caravelles flying around Europe then
but as said, old technology, for one engines today are a lot quieter than the almost straight turbojets of the period, nothing that cannot be fixed, and we are talking military, the likes of the Typhoon / Harrier sn't exactly quiet.
Ahhh the Caravelle, a Comet in disguise,
. I take it you know why..