Originally Posted by
Courtney Mil
I'm repeatedly told it's the wind direction, but I fail to see how a 10 kt breeze in any direction can have any significant effect on sound travelling at 600kts, or so.
One of the things that I'm very interested to learn about the area of France that I'm moving to is, do the Mirages and Rafales low fly there. I really hope so.
Although the Mirage 2000 base at Orange (Base Aérienne 115) is 30km NW of here, I can still hear their arrivals and departures when the wind/temp/humidity are all in favour. Being on the extended centreline of the main runway also helps.
During the winter training season the
PAF also provide overhead entertainment.