Tiffie blue note

[Mojocvh]

Anyone else heard it?

North of RAF Leuchars there is Dundee, and when rtb'ing they tend to practise noise conservation over the city, it's then you can catch the blue note, quite nice and I've started to listen out for it now.

[Simpo Two]

Blues is a scale not a note - if they can do that I'll be impressed

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Simpo Two said:

Blues is a scale not a note

A 'Blue Note' in Jazz is (usually) a semi-tone lower than that of the Major Scale, and used for expression.

A number of people have commented on the Typhoon producing a Blue Note in much the way that the Hawker Hunter did although I've not heard it. Where I am we just hear them in burner (and bloody loud they are too!) - a grand noise.

I'm guessing that the Blue Note is produced by airflow interference around the large intake at certain Angles of Attack.

[55allgold]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

A number of people have commented on the Typhoon producing a Blue Note in much the way that the Hawker Hunter did although I've not heard it. Where I am we just hear them in burner (and bloody loud they are too!) - a grand noise.

Got to love the sound of the second pass in this Gloster Meteor video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3u4Q7NLFY

Spine-tingling and I'm sure it's the sound that Thunderbirds used for the FX. As a kid I thought all jets should sound like that.

[Simpo Two]

Ginetta G15 Girl said:

A 'Blue Note' in Jazz is (usually) a semi-tone lower than that of the Major Scale, and used for expression.

Bloody hell, you know about jazz as well!

Guess it depends what key you're starting in

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

55allgold said:

Got to love the sound of the second pass in this Gloster Meteor video.

Gorgeous!

[Eric Mc]

Had four prototype Typhoons pass over the house in formation during the 1994 Farnborough Air Show ( I think). They sounded very strange - even if one of them was fitted with the RB199.

Edited by Eric Mc on Saturday 18th June 10:19

[Simpo Two]

Hmm, I'd say that note is a higher harmonic of the original. Shame the cameraman was myopic.

[Mojocvh]

The video!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijs6csP5UbY&NR=...

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

That sound amazing! Thanks for the link Mojocvh.


I'd give my eye teeth to fly one of those!