• Rapidcreek@reddthat.comOP
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    1 year ago

    Lived near a few air bases. Have heard the boom of an SR71 going low and fast. But, the loudest I’ve ever heard was a meteorite or space junk breaking the sound barrier overhead. And that includes the shuttle which had a great sound as it passed over on landing.

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      1 year ago

      Had a chance once to stand about 100m from a B1 Lancer while it performed a full afterburner combat takeoff.

      Just absolutely incredible… It’s so ungodly loud that your ears basically have no purpose and it’s like you are hearing through your whole body.

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        1 year ago

        Point being, peo0le couldn’t have heard the explosion in space, but they could certainly hear the missle parts falling at speed through the atmosphere