Originally Posted by
rgsaero
Anything, repeat anything presently in commercial service is just so much better than even 30 years ago particularly with regard to noise. The advent of high-bypass turbines has reset the scale from the early turbine jets.
No, the VC-10 was very quiet throughout.
Come the new designs of the 1990s and the A330/340 were indeed pleasantly quiet inside. Not so the equivalent 777. I've had different reasons given for why the 777 is so noisy inside, some that it's an air-con noise, others that the engines are set close in, or Boeing doesn't put enough soundproofing in. The A380 appears to be continuing the Airbus lead in this area
And if you want noise, try a Canadair Argonaut Singapore to London - a three day journey and you're sitting in between two pairs of V12 Rolls Royce Merlins - without silencers!
Many Argonaut crews suffered hearing loss in later life.