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23rd Mar 2015, 01:50

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barit1

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When GE and (i believe) Pratt were exploring open-rotor fans about 30 years ago, they leased a Gannet - maybe this one - the obtain some baseline noise data.

The engineer's complaint: "You heard it coming half-a-galaxy away!"

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