*** Posted by Rapier ***
Hello,

Firstly I would just like to ask Kim what is the facination with the sound of air on the outside of the fuselage? All planes are aerodynamic, some more than other's particularly regarding fighter's. When you go supersonic in an airliner (pretty rare apart from Concorde) you dont notice anything special from the inside of the aircraft itself. I have been on a DC-10 Run and they are terrible for noise pollution inside the jet. Because it is a medium sized airliner the engines on the DC-10 are quite close to the fuselage. It was anoying to get so much noise in the plane all the way to our destination and back. In the F-16 once the canopy is shut I doubt you could hear much. Also wearing a brain bucket silence's the noise a bit further because they are designed for a tight fit on the head but in a comfortable way. Most airliners dont go supersonic because they have to change course and deviate in altitude alot of the time.

Anyhow, good luck Run and hope you have a safe trip!

Regards

Rapier

[I've always experienced the noise as gradually increasing, but in a couple of weeks I'm going on a DC-10 to US & then I will try to listen for it.
I don't see any reason why this should happen, but I'm looking forward to listen myself. In the F-16 it's a gradual increase in noise.

run]