MD-11 noise

Lockheed

Once i checked FR24, saw there was an MD11 overhead at 35k feet, and I coud hear it from the ground, a faint whining. Are the old triholers really that loud?

Tenger

Lockheed wrote: »

Once i checked FR24, saw there was an MD11 overhead at 35k feet..................Are the old triholers really that gloriously loud?

FYP!!

Lockheed

Tenger wrote: »

FYP!!

Very true, love those old jets!

sjb25

Lockheed wrote: »

Once i checked FR24, saw there was an MD11 overhead at 35k feet, and I coud hear it from the ground, a faint whining. Are the old triholers really that loud?

Should ask him to land and take of on 16/34 in dublin tonight a few times show all the people complaining what a real loud plane is

donkey balls

I don,t think they are that loud,The aul 727 and early 737 now they were loud saying that the only aircraft that makes the ground shake when the engines are spooling up is the 777.

PinOnTheRight

The glory days of the rumbling roar of engines are fading quickly. I get 747-400s and 747-8s through regularly and the -8 is impressively quiet but equally depressingly dull in comparison to the -400 generation noise.

donkey balls

We use to have one of the biggest fleets of 727 and had to move them out of Europe due to EU noise regs that came in even with the hush kits we retrofitted to the aircraft.

smurfjed

There was an European website that protested against our B747-200F using a certain airport at night, even though that airport was open and didn't have a curfew. The old Classics were only Stage 3 if you used a very sharp pencil

arubex

A330s cruising are fairly loud, especially when climbing. Not sure why they're so noisy but I can tell them from other over-flyers without looking up.

787s aren't particularly quiet either even seven miles up.

The quietest one that comes to mind is the re-engined KC-135R, it seems like they have so much installed power they can just drift along idling!

roundymac

The BEA Tridents were fairly loud as well, also some of the BAC111s could lift the roof off the house.

cuterob

When I lived in Vancouver there was this ancient 737 classic which brought miners up to north bc and back every morning from yvr, I used to wait at a bus stop near the runway threshold, it was probably the closest I'll ever hear to what a shuttle sounds sounds like taking off, was amazing, also a couple of DC10 cargo planes too, I miss that airport

amen

I've heard noise on the ground from all planes types while they are 35K and I am on the ground.

The noise you hear on any given day can depend on the temperature, wind, humidity level etc.

keith16

arubex wrote: »

A330s cruising are fairly loud, especially when climbing. Not sure why they're so noisy but I can tell them from other over-flyers without looking up.

Yeah, they definitely have a distinctive sound. No mistaking them.

Lockheed

keith16 wrote: »

Yeah, they definitely have a distinctive sound. No mistaking them.

Yep. When I'm spotting at Dublin i always recognize the A330s distinctive whine- when they take off, you can really feel it standing outside the airport!

SpaceTime

I remember seeing Concorde take off at CDG when I was a kid.
Now that thing was LOUD!!

jetfiremuck

Rolls Royce Conways will put manners on you.