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07-31-2021, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnBurke

I got out of a B-24 (PB4Y) into a C-130A, and thought the C-130A was the smoothest, quietest airplane I'd ever flown.

It's all relative.

The 4Y without extra hearing protection was beyond the threshold of pain. Loud enough that we did most cockpit communication with hand signals. Loud enough that I stood next to the departure end of the runway with a decibel meter, when two F-16's departed in afterburner, then compared to the 4Y...and the 4Y was louder. Everything is quiet by comparison, except the ringing in my ears.

Not a "jet," though. Then again, neither is the C-130.

You must have been with H&P, I flew for Bighorn.

in any case I’ve never flown the 4Y but I can tell you that the B-25 is loud too.

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