Loudest Noise You've Ever Heard

[PanzerIV]

Another post regarding jet sound levels got me thinking about incredibly loud noises you've been subjected to.
At an air show a few years ago I had to walk past a Harrier "Jump Jet" in order to exit the show. I don't know how my ears didn't start bleeding since that thing was so insanely loud. I even had my hands cupped over my ears but it did nothing to alleviate the noise. Pretty much everybody else was casually walking past it like they didn't hear anything. I am very sensitive to high pitched sounds so I suppose that is why it bothered me so much. I can't think of anything else that has even come close to that thing.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Sitting two rows from the front row at the local airport for the airshow with Viper GTS one year. Planes breaking the sound barrier scare the hell outta me.

Oh wait, it wasn't then, although the simulated warthog attack was cool. It was when I was younger. Friends of the family had a house across the street from the airport where the airshow was being held. There was a stealth fighter that flew over the house, probably at something like 150 or 200 feet. It came from behind and we didn't hear it until it was passing over the front yard -RIGHT OVER. Scared the SH|T outta me and broke one of the windows in the house.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Sitting two rows from the front row at the local airport for the airshow with Viper GTS one year. Planes breaking the sound barrier scare the hell outta me.

Oh wait, it wasn't then, although the simulated warthog attack was cool. It was when I was younger. Friends of the family had a house across the street from the airport where the airshow was being held. There was a stealth fighter that flew over the house, probably at something like 150 or 200 feet. It came from behind and we didn't hear it until it was passing over the front yard -RIGHT OVER. Scared the SH|T outta me and broke one of the windows in the house.

Haha. Ironic because at either the same air show or the one next year a B-2 bomber did a low altitude fly by and it was incredibly quiet given it's large size. It was amazing and I watched in awe as it passed overhead. I will never forget that sight.

 

[iwearnosox]

.357 magnum two feet from my ear. I was deaf for days.

 

[thirtythree]

I don't know...............

a plane broke the sound barrier overhead once. it broke windows and such (not on my house).

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: Sifl
.357 magnum two feet from my ear. I was deaf for days.

I know the feeling. I had a guy fire a pistol (don't remember the make) like a foot from me without giving me warning and my ears rang. If it wasn't for that jet I mentioned in the first post that might be the second loudest.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Sitting two rows from the front row at the local airport for the airshow with Viper GTS one year. Planes breaking the sound barrier scare the hell outta me.

Oh wait, it wasn't then, although the simulated warthog attack was cool. It was when I was younger. Friends of the family had a house across the street from the airport where the airshow was being held. There was a stealth fighter that flew over the house, probably at something like 150 or 200 feet. It came from behind and we didn't hear it until it was passing over the front yard -RIGHT OVER. Scared the SH|T outta me and broke one of the windows in the house.

Haha. Ironic because at either the same air show or the one next year a B-2 bomber did a low altitude fly by and it was incredibly quiet given it's large size. It was amazing and I watched in awe as it passed overhead. I will never forget that sight.

You're in Oregon? You go to the Hillsboro Airshow?! :shocked: :beer:

 

[crab]

Haha...when I saw the title I instantly thought about the Harrier that was putting on its show last year in Willow Grove PA...ungodly noise.

Another was the time I stood about ten feet from a jet car launch at Atco, NJ...the noise was crazy...hell, you didnt even need noise, you FEEL it more than anything.

 

[Ausm]

My Oldman with anintestinal gas problem

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[rocadelpunk]

hardcore band from new york..

ringing for 3.5 days. that was insane.

 

Shotgun balst two inches from my ear.

 

[Vic]

Oddly, as soon as I saw the thread title, my 1st thought was a Harrier jump jet. Dear God, those things are loud. I as well saw one from about 100 feet at an air show once.

The loudest noise I've ever heard (although it was so far away that it wasn't too terribly loud from my observation point) was when the Space Shuttle was diverted to an emergency landing to Edwards back in about '90 (IIRC). It broke out of the sound barrier over my house (over the city really). The sonic boom went on for about 20 minutes.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
Another post regarding jet sound levels got me thinking about incredibly loud noises you've been subjected to.
At an air show a few years ago I had to walk past a Harrier "Jump Jet" in order to exit the show. I don't know how my ears didn't start bleeding since that thing was so insanely loud. I even had my hands cupped over my ears but it did nothing to alleviate the noise. Pretty much everybody else was casually walking past it like they didn't hear anything. I am very sensitive to high pitched sounds so I suppose that is why it bothered me so much. I can't think of anything else that has even come close to that thing.

Holy crap! Me too!!! As soon as I read your thread title, the answer popped into my head. I click the thread, read your post and bingo! Same thing.

The Harrier is insanely loud! :Q It's that whole "compressed air rushing noise thing." :Q

 

[TekViper]

top fuel drag car races were probably the loudest thing ive ever heard.

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt

Originally posted by: PanzerIV

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Sitting two rows from the front row at the local airport for the airshow with Viper GTS one year. Planes breaking the sound barrier scare the hell outta me.

Oh wait, it wasn't then, although the simulated warthog attack was cool. It was when I was younger. Friends of the family had a house across the street from the airport where the airshow was being held. There was a stealth fighter that flew over the house, probably at something like 150 or 200 feet. It came from behind and we didn't hear it until it was passing over the front yard -RIGHT OVER. Scared the SH|T outta me and broke one of the windows in the house.

Haha. Ironic because at either the same air show or the one next year a B-2 bomber did a low altitude fly by and it was incredibly quiet given it's large size. It was amazing and I watched in awe as it passed overhead. I will never forget that sight.

You're in Oregon? You go to the Hillsboro Airshow?! :shocked: :beer:

My apologies. I intended for it to say either at the same air show that I attended that had the Harrier or the next years...I am way over here in the South. Incidentally the asshats canceled our airshow because the airport authorities were giving them some type of difficulties. *sigh* No more airshows for me.

 

[PanzerIV]

LMAO. This is hilarious that so many people had the same answer before they even entered the thread. That proves that Harrier is one absurdly loud SOB!

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Roger
Shotgun balst two inches from my ear.

Um...earplugs?

 

[Squisher]

Standing about 40 feet from a Top Fuel coming out of the hole.

Never been to an air show.

 

[djheater]

Shuttle Launch - Amazed

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: PanzerIV
LMAO. This is hilarious that so many people had the same answer before they even entered the thread. That proves that Harrier is one absurdly loud SOB!

For a take off that can use all of a hundred feet or so, it's GOT to be pushin out some serious energy. Energy disapation, as we all know, comes in many forms including sound

 

[ISAslot]

For me the first thing that comes to mind is thunder from a nasty lightning strike. I swear, for a split second, I thought I was gonna die. It had even busted out windows around where it hit.

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah, definitely a Harrier when it was "hovering" Fvck that was loud!!!

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Standing about 40 feet from a Top Fuel coming out of the hole.

Never been to an air show.

A top fuel has a loudness that you can actually feel, kind of like a big one at a fireworks show. And it goes away quickly. A Harrier is more of a oh-my-freakin-God loud in a high pitched jet engine way that goes on and on and on.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Squisher
Standing about 40 feet from a Top Fuel coming out of the hole.

Never been to an air show.

A top fuel has a loudness that you can actually feel, kind of like a big one at a fireworks show. And it goes away quickly. A Harrier is more of a oh-my-freakin-God loud in a high pitched jet engine way that goes on and on and on.

Yeah. I love how top fuelers make the ground rumble!

 

[GroundZero]

was blowing stumps and remote dettonated 8 sticks of dynamite at once. was about an acre away but still couldn't hear for a week.

ac/dc for those about to rock concert in the kingdome, they did a 21 cannon salute with cannons from a british warship. if you weren't there the first night you didn't get to see them fire all 21 at one time. after the first show they had to limit the number of cannons and how many shots they could do. after that stop they switched to 3 big plexiglass looking cannons.

blue angels breaking the sound barier right over top of us.