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it was landing, so it wasn't much noisier than say a 747, but a bit noisier. or perhaps i was just used to it - my dad was an RAF vulcan captain (same olympus engines as concorde, minus reheat) and if you had a squadron of them taking off on QRA you learned the real meaning of noise!

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We used to live under the flightpath for the departures from Heathrow to the US, not far from Reading. The evening flights would go over, which you could feel in your body, then moments later catch the light of the setting sun as they headed west. It was quite inspiring.

The Vulcan is (or was!) my favourite plane sound, beating out the Merlin-engined stuff and even Concorde. Four Olympus engines, plus the howl. Can't be bettered! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_ARSE8jEHQ

glad you enjoyed the howl, but, sorry, it didn't have afterburner (reheat). i still probably prefer merlins - the BoB flight Lancaster flies over me here in Lincoln occasionally. and also the Red Arrows!

Doh! Indeed - edited. Nice of the 'arrows to not move far when they left Scampton.

Had the honour of seeing Vulcan on its last flight. A majestic beast. All the respect to your dad and colleagues.

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