Originally Posted by
TwoFiftyBelowTen
The BAC-111 made a hell of a racket, but then, the VC-10 had four of those engines!
But as for GA, yes the BE65/BE80 was allowed to do night freight runs when other types were deemed too noisy!
What a joke!
I recall around 40 years ago taxying an MU2 at Essendon about 1 am in the morning night after night to do a freight run to Sydney. During the taxi out about half the houses next to the boundary fence would light up. I learned pretty quickly to have all before T/O checks done before leaving the apron so no delay at the holding point.
Sydney off course had a curfew so only turbo props with hush power could operate like, F27s, MU2s and other noisy bug smashers. Still the same today.