Slightly OT, IHRA Nationals

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 1:03 am 09/10/07 "Chris Bennett" <scirocco16vr32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ahh... jet engines.
>
> Try standing behind an F-14 (not immediately behind obviously) on the
> flight deck of an aircraft carrier.  One of those things will pick up
> a penny 50ft away and "ingest" it.  It's one of those things that are
> so loud that even with hearing protection it will disorient you and
> keep you from completing a thought in your mind.  A-6 Intruders were
> really loud too, not to mention the A-6B Prowlers would actually make
> the front of the carrier bounce like a diving board.
>
> By comparison F-18's aren't nearly as loud.
>
Hey thanks for the videos eh? (grrrr, yeah, that grrr will take a while to
reach you at my upload speeds...)

Anyway, F-18s, my latest experience was at the little mighty Brantford Air
Show, we went because I hadn't seen the Snowbirds in a while. Anyway,
another big draw was the local warbirds, and they had the Firefly, the
Lancaster and a Mitchell all in the air together. Which should have made my
ears very happy except this F-18 pilot was running up his engine right in
front of us. Loud enough to drown out the others a good deal of the time.
It was still a rare pleasure to see them in the air though.

And yeah, we've been in the staging lanes a few times behind the jet
dragsters, and I don't imagine there's as much loose crap on a carrier deck
as there is at this track. NOT a good thing to be behind. But still pretty
cool!

Cathy