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Old 24th Jan 2014, 00:31
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gr4techie
 
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TU-95 Bear.
I've read that due to the TU-95's thirty two blades rotating at supersonic speeds, the Bears are so loud that they could be heard by submerged submarines and SOSUS sonar devices on the sea bed !

The loudest I've personally heard is Harrier. Even taxing past it made my ears protest.

Tornado GR4 seems variable noise constant speed. It was a shock moving from Kinloss to Lossiemouth. The locals at Cold Lake AFB Canada, told me "they knew when we were there on det by the noise".

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