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Turbodiesel1690 said:
Growing up in Ulster I used to be able to tell which helicopter was flying around by its sound alone - easiest to identify were the Chinooks as you heard them from miles away! (Second place went to the Gazelles with their metallic sounding turbine whine)
Same here ... We get them all ..Chinooks, The odd Gazelle, Lynx, Merlin, Puma and the Apache comming over the house.Chinook is the easiest, then Lynx and then Apache ..
Yes, they do have a very distinctive sound. I live close (4 miles or so) to RAF Odiham, which is a big base for these buggers.
They frequently fly over at a height that rattles light fittings, moves all our ornaments around and confiscates protruding bits of our house like antennae and washing lines (not quite). We are very used to the sound of these beasts, and it is far better than when we lived close to the Gatwick flight path some years back - must be awful there now with the increased commercial traffic.
It's quite funny actually, as when we were moving 20 or so years ago, I had been talking to my dad about the fact that there was very little aircraft noise in our chosen little corner of Hampshire compared to Gatwick. We arrived at the house and got out of the lorry - just as a Chinook scraped over the house with a big net full of stuff hanging under it.
A little grin and a "I see what you mean about the lack of aircraft noise" said all my Dad needed to...
They frequently fly over at a height that rattles light fittings, moves all our ornaments around and confiscates protruding bits of our house like antennae and washing lines (not quite). We are very used to the sound of these beasts, and it is far better than when we lived close to the Gatwick flight path some years back - must be awful there now with the increased commercial traffic.
It's quite funny actually, as when we were moving 20 or so years ago, I had been talking to my dad about the fact that there was very little aircraft noise in our chosen little corner of Hampshire compared to Gatwick. We arrived at the house and got out of the lorry - just as a Chinook scraped over the house with a big net full of stuff hanging under it.
A little grin and a "I see what you mean about the lack of aircraft noise" said all my Dad needed to...
I've just finished over 20 years on them, and I can't hear a damn thing.
Or perhaps, they aren't that bad on the inside since when they're flying most of the noise is directed below and behind the aircraft. Add to that the fact that the crew are wearing flying helmets with built-in intercom and it's not nearly as bad as you might think.
Worst bit is the APU, due to its high frequency whine, out-done only by navigators.
Or perhaps, they aren't that bad on the inside since when they're flying most of the noise is directed below and behind the aircraft. Add to that the fact that the crew are wearing flying helmets with built-in intercom and it's not nearly as bad as you might think.
Worst bit is the APU, due to its high frequency whine, out-done only by navigators.
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