Sound of turbojets and rockets

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Re: Sound of turbojets and rockets

Postby expat » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:11 am

The loudest thing I have ever heard in my life was an EE Lightning chained down on a test pad at RAE Farnborough back in the 1950's. I had just arrived for services day on the Thursday & was making my way to the spectator area. They were running both engines flat out & then started the Scorpion rocket motor mounted between them. My ears are still ringing. :o

I swear this is true although I've never seen it mentioned anywhere or seen a single photo of it.



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