You got to love those classic round plane windows. This is what you call a real plane. Screaming sound, round windows, detailed wing. This is what you call a real plane.
Tu-134 - one of my favourite aircraft. Flight on Tupolev causes for me very large interest unlike a new Boeing and Airbus... Those feelings which you can try in Tu-134, Tu-154(preferably Tu-154B-2), you will never feel in modern airplanes... They are sense of the real iron airplane, real flight! I love the Russian airplanes! And very very sadly, that these airplanes soon will be history...
I love the way old turbofans sound. Very harsh and businesslike. The D30 and second-generation JT8D (9, 11, 15, 17) sound very similar, right down to the harsh grating noise and shrill whine. Cool stuff!
I agree with you in all things. My favorite plane is the Tu-154 (all types) and i flew with her, it is truthful feeling. We should prevent the Tupolevs (both 154 and 134) from become extinct.
Come to think of it, besides the pitch envelope being really close, the fan sound is pretty close too. The sound at MCT just after takeoff is just about identical to what you'd hear on a DC-9.
@inexadra yeah, although the strange thing is once the tu134 has spooled up it starts roaring in the cabin, which is unusual for a rear-engined aircraft.
so true!! Not even on takeoff you barely hear the sound. Also depends on where you sit. If near wing of A380 you hear engine noise, but its not very nice.
Indeed, the only reason that they are less safe is because there are lots of potential mistakes the crew can make (i notice a few of them had fuel configuration issues). Aside from that, they seem like a good plane. I should go for a fly on one before they are retired.
@kozular Sadly? No it will save a lot of lives! Even the president of Russia Medvedev calls for renewing the fleets of Russian airlines because he stated that the Russian built planes are not safe to fly because of many defects. But you are right about the feelings compared to modern planes, in this kind of planes you feel scared and you hope you arrive, in modern planes you just know you will arrive without having hearing damage due to the horrific loud noises coming from these engines.
And in Airbus 380 you hear almost nothing, that is horrible -,- , like you spend you time in a hotel room not in a airplane ! Russian Tupolev 154, 134 and antonov 24 ;) are the BEST . отличный самолёт :) (great plane)
GUYS GUYS!! right after you watch this video, watch a video of an A380 takeoff from the passenger cabin. you'll barely hear a thing, if the video is even taken from near the engines. on this video, i had to turn the volume down a lot, for the A380, now even max volume is enough. then you realise what a beat' this plane is, at least from a sound perspective.
