I used to have a toy plane Concorde when I was younger and it had a sound recording of take off and it was incredibly loud. My dad used it as an alarm to wake me up for school a few times, very effective...
A c5 galaxy did a full throttle and slow flyby at an airshow back in the 90's about 200 feet away.... The metal on metal grinding followed by the screeching of the TF39s was the most painful thing i have felt in my life. My ears hurt for days.... and i had been to a kiss concert the year before.... that was nothing on those engines. i miss hearing TF39s
@@stevieg7546 hes deaf he wouldent know what it means because he couldent hear as it peaks think just for a few seconds before sending something such as this
Brad Urban - other thing to consider is the context where you would hear the noise. Max performance takeoff? Cruising? Flyover at a football game? In my experience, the F-22 is kind of quiet on a flyover since they have to keep the engines throttled back to avoid going supersonic. Whereas the F-16 can hit full afterburner for a few seconds without risking it. A flight of 5 F-16s pushing ABs over Kyle Field might have been the loudest planes (plural) I’ve ever heard.
Ive been fascinated by the SR-71 my whole life mostly, I had a toy replica of one as a kid. As I got older and learned more about it, I'm amazed by it as an engineering masterpiece. Id give alot to see one in action.
I've seen the Concorde take off and land several times at Dulles Airport and I've seen the SR 71 take off at Lackenheath . The Concorde has a roaring screaming sound. The SR sounds like a rocket easily louder than anything except maybe the B 1 or Vulcan. But it's damn close.
The Thunderscreech clip you used doesn't even do the thing justice. There is a clip of it making a pass over the recording device, and the throb of the props is insane.
I thought exactly the same thing at that sound bite! There's a video of it on here that gives much better sound. Those supersonic prop blades were insane!
@@ultimatebigbrainhelth3161 Because that list is probably BS. The Thunderscreech is right, and maybe the Concorde, but everything in between comes from nowhere. Turboprops from the Tu-95 could trigger sonars from underwater submarines because it was THAT noisy. And those engines where also used on the Tu-114 and Tu-116 airliners. There was also the Tu-144, the Soviet cousin of the concorde, which had even more powerful engines and garbage sound reduction measures.
From the underside, the Vulcan always reminded me of Rodan, the Japanese kaiju. Beautiful aircraft. Maybe not the fastest or best at what it was supposed to do, but it had great lines and an overall look to it.
Not the best at what it was designed to do? In 1961, the US military staged 'Operation Skyshield II' - they grounded all domestic flights and sent 250 heavy nuclear bombers up to simulate an attack on the US. 8 of those aircraft were Vulcan B2s of the RAF stationed in Scotland and Bermuda. Approaching far above the B47 and B52 bombers of the USAF at 56,000 feet, and using radar jamming, all 8 sucessfully evaded the 1,800 fighter jets and 250 SAM sites hunting them. The Vulcan sucessfully "nuked" New York against the entire US air defence network without a single missile lock or visual contact.
@@robw7676 Yes, that is true, and thank you for pointing that out. I would say, though, that while the Vulcan did operate extremely well in the upper reaches, was that due to it being 'better' or the American radar not being up to par? I'm not sure. I'm not saying that the Vulcan was a terrible supersonic bomber; it wasn't. But as with all things aeronautical, it was eventually superceded by other bombers, the Panavia Tornado, for example. (And I never really liked the Tornado). The B-52 was a bit slower than the Vulcan, but it could carry a bigger payload and was always being upgraded in one way or another. The Vulcan wasn't upgraded as often. Still, it was an excellent jet bomber.
@Jess Frankel The only heavy supersonic bomber in the NATO arsenal was and is the US Rockwell B1 that entered service in the 1970s. All 1950s heavy bombers were conceived as strategic weapons to deliver nuclear bombs against a militarily advanced enemy from a high enough altitude to theoretically escape the blast. As NATO, particularly the UK and US, was effectively in an arms race with the USSR, their role evolved rapidly. Bombs were replaced by nuclear cruise missiles in the early 1960s, which involved swapping to low altitude attack, as the Soviet S75 surface to air missile had shot down a Taiwanese Canberra over China and a U2 over the USSR both flying in excess of 60,000 feet. The Vulcan and the B52 were both strong enough airframes to cope with this change to low-level flying. The range of the missiles they carried was sufficient to hit plenty of targets when launched from outside the range of Soviet SAMs and fighters, but certainly not all. The decision to retire heavy bombers as the main nuclear strike method was effectively taken in 1962 when development of the longer range Skybolt missile intended to equip both the B52 and the Vulcan was scrapped in favour of the better longer range option of submarine launched Polaris missiles. The last B52 and Vulcan airframes were already on order and were finished and delivered in 1964/5. It was probably the B52's usefulness in the Vietnam War as a high altitude tactical conventional bomber that prevented heavy subsonic bombers from being scrapped. Vietnamese communists were equipped with dozens of S75 missile batteries by the Soviets but the US had devloped countermeasures to jam them and use the radar signal as a target for missiles. Numerous B52's were shot down over Vietnam, but not at a devastating attrition rate - for example the last major operation (Linebacker II) had a 2.1% loss rate (16 from 760 sorties). A reduced number of Vulcans got another decade of service, whilst a relatively small number of B52s are are still going, and expected to serve until 2050.
I heard the XB-70 Bomber Takeoff at Edward's Air Force Base, in the mid 1960's. My Grandfather worked for North American Aviation Incorporation. He helped build both of them. That was the LOUDEST plane I have ever heard in my whole life!!! I joined the USAF in 1982, was stationed at Mountain Home AFB ,Idaho. I was an aircraft electrician on the F-111A models. That was the 2nd loudest plane I ever heard with those P/W TF-30P3's , until l heard the B-1B for the 1st time. I never heard an SR-71 , only seen them refueling above our base going north.
I remember seeing the last flight of the Avro Vulcan and thinking to myself that I'd never hear the roar of her engines passing by again. It was an honourable moment.
Spent almost 7 years working Vipers. Also deployed right next to the Germans and their Tornadoes. The 16 is sufficiently louder than the Panavia, but the 35, 22, and B-1 are all louder than the 16. Honorable mention to the EA-6B and U-2. Loudest things that didn't have a burner I've ever heard.
Very, very surprised the F15 isn't on this list. An F15 doing a full power vertical take off is incredible. I worked on F15s at Kingsley Field, in southern Oregon for years. The base is in a valley, surrounded by steep hills; when the jets would take off, the entire basin was filled with jet noise, and I swear they shook windows on the other side of town.
Yep phantoms gave Vulcans a close run when I used to hear them take off from my house near the runway at RAF Scampton in the early 80’s. But that Vulcan howl, goosebumps!!
Had an F4 fly over me at the end of a runway still on full after burner. Was riding motorbike at the time, the noise shook my internal organs, absolutely unbelievable. And I've also been no more than 100yds from a Vulcans wingtip as it left the ground, that also shook all my innards! Unforgettable memories I'm glad I've got.
In my Canadian town's annual air show in the '80s, two F-5s would always perform before the Snowbirds: one black and one silver. (Yes, the air show was generally the same every year.) Those things tore up the sky! I always imagined the air twisted and torn to shreds behind them. Then the Snowbirds came ... and yes, they were pretty, but ... after the F-5s ... kinda Snorebirds.
Does anyone remember how loud the original DC-8 Super 63 with P&W JT3D-7 engines were on takeoff? From memory I can remember they louder then the Concorde was on takeoff, especially at a distance.
I recall the shrill, ear-splitting shrieks of EA-6B Intruders operating on the flight deck of U.S.S. Enterprise as being extremely unpleasant even from inside the hangar bay below. Nothing else brought me to the auditory pain threshold, including F-14 Tomcats. It felt like the world's biggest dental drill attacking my skull!
Hm, in my opinion and experience, the F-104 Starfighter and the F-4 Phantom are much louder than the Tornado. I've heard them often in my childhood while flying over our village, you've heard the F-104 and the F-4 long before you've seen them, the Tornado only very short before seeing it..
I've never heard a Tornado, but F-4 Phantoms have overflown me at low altitude twice. The first time I was maybe 8 years old playing on my grandparents' farm. The farm was on a practice route occasionally used by military jets out of St. Louis. A pair of F-4s blasted past me not far above the trees, at high power and spewing trails of black smoke. The sound and vibration in my chest were overwhelming, in the most wonderful way! I was already space crazy and plane crazy and this couple of seconds ROCKED MY WORLD! :D B-52s flew over sometimes too. They'd make the whole house shake, but didn't seem as loud as those screeching F-4s. Perhaps that's because the big bomber emits a different mix of frequencies? I wasn't surprised to see the Avro Vulcan on the list. I never had the opportunity to see one flying, but have heard many describe their incredible sound. And from other things I've read, I'm thinking the Tupolev Tu-95 should have made the list too. :)
There are a few higher quality vids on XF84 out there. The propeller design was such that the tips actually break the sound barrier. It actually made ground crews sick as it flew over, such was the immense sound pressure.
I always felt that the Harrier was one of the loudest planes I had heard, been next to F4's Victors, Lightings and Heard F16 (which to be fair was really loud) and F15, but the harrier made you wince, such a shriek.
No way the F-16 is louder than the B-1B. The B-1 has 4 F-16 engines running full afterburner on takeoff. I've beard both and can assure you the B-1 is louder.
my top loudest aircraft I have ever seen in person 5 English Electric Canberra duxford airshow 4 U2S full power take off riat 2017 departure day 3 F15E Strike Eagle afterburner departure riat depature day 2016 2 SR71 blackbird Mildenhall airfete 87 joined in at first place the SU22 fitter x3 at riat departure day 2016 and the F35 lightning 2 in full batshit bonkers afterburner same place
@@oeman7363 I can vouch for that I remember seeing the canberra as a kid in the 90’s at Fairford. It was the Gulf coloured one and it spiral climbed out and has quite a nasty crackle!
I never saw Concorde but Vulcan three times, unforgettable. Tornadoes, regularly cruising BUT, once, hiking in a shallow, wooded ravine in the mountains, one made a pass at what can't have been more than 100feet at what must have been just shy of mach1. I didn't hear a thing but birdsong and the sound of gently tumbling of water, and then, ... B*A*WWWRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I nearly bloody soiled myself!!!🤣
I was camping in Wales, found myself a nice little wooded hollow, about 6 in the morning two Tornadoes did the same thing, straight over head at very low level, was out the tent just in time to see them heading away through the valley, going like stink they were, but as caught unawares from sleep i created more stink than them.
In the 70's I was privileged to witness a 5x Vulcan scramble at finingley airshow...most memorable.Shook the cups off the shelves of my uncles VW Caravette.
Tornado and F-16 aren't loud enough for this list IMO. The Tu-95 Bear is widely considered to be a seriously loud aircraft, and I think I'd also pick the B-1B, which I understand to be super loud as well. Tornado and F-16 are pretty noisy, but I think there's quite a few that are louder
@@LukelearMissile I've always wanted to hear one in person. 😍 Also, as an aircraft mechanic, I would love to get a close look at one of those Kuznetsov NK-12 engines on them.
English Electric Lightning was a beast.. one did a low pass over my house ..and yup.. it rattled the tiles... also the F4 Phantom also made some serious noise
Been to many airshows in my time, had the pleasure of witnessing a Concorde, Panavia Tornado, Vulcan and F16.. I gotta be honest it may just be me but Eurofighter Typhoon's were louder than all of those. The Eurofighter is deafeningly loud, the ground vibrates! Every plane enthusiast I know personally says the Eurofighter is the loudest they have heard. Surprised it wasn't listed in this video to be honest!
The Super Hornet and Eurofighter Typhoon are noticeably louder than the F-16, as is the B-1, virtually any version of Su-30/35, the MiG-31 the SR-71, the Soviet Tu-144 "Concordski", Tu-160 and Tu-22M bombers and even the high-pitched scream of the early C-5 and Il-76 could get the decibels up. The Soviet Tu-95 and An-22 use supersonic props and are loud from the front. The 737 Max occasionally makes a big boom too
I'm sorry but as someone whose been around aircraft most of his life (having lived in an air force town and being subject to air show noise for many years) the F-16 is definitely not louder than its contemporaries like the F-15 or F-14 which have twice the energy output (lbf) as the Viper. I remember seeing the Tomcat as a kid, and that thing would rattle your insides as it powered up for launch. And since they use the same engine, the Tomcat basically has the noise of two F-16s stitched together.
Between the narrator being 3 meters away from the mic and whispering, and the overly amplified plane engine sounds, this was a test of volume control reflexes.
I've been going to airshows for the past 6 years now and for me, the F-35 and F-15 takes the cake for fighter jets that are very loud. Honorable mention is the U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale AFB that visits nearby shows every year and that thing is super loud for an engine without an afterburner.
The B1B Lancer I remember seeing at Fairford air show back in ‘99, I was only 3 so couldn’t remember much but the one thing I remember was the B52 being loud… and the B1B Lancer absolutely blowing it out the water noise-wise, it was just incredible even putting your fingers in your eyes didn’t really seem to help!
as a german living between two bundeswehr luftwaffe air bases (neuburg and manching) i can confirm that the panavia tornado is ear-shattering loud with afterburners turned on xD
The thing about the Thunderscreech isn't so much it's "volume," as "how" it was loud. It was basically throwing out repeat sonic-boom's from it's props, creating what amounted to shockwaves and sub-sonic vibrations. The result could not only deafen air crews, but make them sick. One person apparently even had a seizure from it's unique brand of loud. Between that, and it's plague-list of other problems, it never got past flight testing. It did fly, but apparently 10 of it's 12 flights where emergency landings.
I seem to remember the F-14 to be pretty loud at airshows, but maybe not quite on the same level as the crazy loud sound eminating from the Tu-95 Bear or the thunderscreech
The B-1 bomber is louder than some of those planes. Also the F-15 Eagle is much louder than an F-16. Still a great showing of jets and I enjoyed the sounds.
My father was a land surveyor years ago and he said he was at a strip where a b1b was going to take off. He said the B1b taking off made his skin feel like he was being sand blasted. I don’t remember what he said about it other than that. But he did say it’s to this day it’s the loudest thing he’s ever heard
I heard one of these, I was driving an 18 wheeler, I could hear that with the windows up and it was about a quarter mile away, I actually rolled down the window just to hear it ...
The Thunderscreech never had the counter-rotating props as they couldn't even get a single gearbox to stay together, let alone two of them. And an F-16 is nowhere near as loud as a Harrier or a large number of aircraft from the past like the A-3 Whale.
The F35 should take the f16 spot. I’ve seen them both in one day at full afterburner and the f35 is way louder, not the loudest but way louder than the f16
I just heard a super loud plane that I haven't ever heard before having lived near an airport for 4years. It was SO loud my neighbor actually ran outside as I also did. What airplane could that be in a small town? It came and seemed to turn and leave. I couldn't see it. I am still surprised at how loud it was.
the XF-84H did not have counter rotating props. it had one three blade prop driven by counter rotating afterburning jet turbines through a reduction gear.
The XF-84H is so loud because the propeller spins so fast that it was it sent shockwaves literally every millisecond as it flew which means that its full volume has hasn’t been captured on video because it was mostly the shockwave’s that made it so loud and you can’t calture the sound of a shockwave on video so imagine being the pilot or the maintenance crew. One person fell ill after being so close to it
Fun fact the sound of the thunderscreech was much louder in person cause the microphones could not record the 800 sonic booms that happened every second
Having seen 3/5 of these in person (on multiple occasions) I must disagree and say the f-16 doesn’t hold a candle to the Vulcan. The Vulcan is more than a noise, it’s a presence, its a vibration of your body and the ground beneath your feet. It rumbles through your chest and rattles your bones. It’s howl causing an almost eerily primitive fight or flight response. There’s honestly nothing else like it still flying. I shall miss seeing that bird in the air until the day I die
Having heard the first four planes on this list, I can honestly say a Top Fuel Dragster blows them completely out of the water! I have yet to hear an aircraft that could even be noticed if it were next to a Top Fuel Dragster taking off. That being said, I wonder about the XF-84H. If that plane can knock you down, give you a seizure, and release your bowels, it may be in the same decibel range as the dragster
I don't think you realize that you're only 50 feet from dragsters. You can practically be 3000 feet from these planes and still feel like you're going deaf.
@@ce152capt100 The dragsters are actually releasing more energy as they burn nitromethane at two gallons per second. Most of it is wasted and turned into noise, which is why only 11,000hp gets to the track. I'm telling you, having experienced the loudest airplanes and a top fuel dragster, the dragster just blows them out of the water.
Did you purposely pair it with the quietest narration? A few years ago I watched a Vulcan flying very low (Probably 1-2000ft) directly over my house multiple times as it was in a holding pattern waiting for it's time to shine in an airshow at Duxford. It was loud but not to the extent that I was really taken aback by it- we were far more mesmerised by it and saw it 4 or 5 times directly overhead. Probably a far better view than the airshow itself!
Ive been lucky enough to see the Concorde, the Tornado and the mighty Vulcan all fly. Also seen the Eurofighter Typhoon which im surprised wasnt on this list. The Eurofighter is as loud as the Vulcan. When a Eurofighter flys past it makes every atom in your body vibrate just as much as the Vulcan did. Obviously the Thunderscreech was completely ridiculous and in a league of its own in terms of noise
Mbadi who used to work on the flight deck of an aircraft Carrier, the a ea6b prowler, And the a 6 intruder are the loudest aircraft that used to be in the inventory. There have a lot louder than most the planes you just showed
The F22 Raptor is much louder than the F16. My sons best friend lives right in the take off and landing flight path for the Eglin Air force base in FA. I'm a retired Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic/Hydraulics AMH. I love military aircraft. Sound and how loud it seems to the human ear is subjective. I've heard the Vulcan and the F22 and would put them in the same category. However, the F16 has a much higher pitch which to the way sound waves travel, higher pitch sound waves trail off quite rapidly, while lower pitch waves travel much farther, thus seeming louder. A perfect example is a subwoofer in a car traveling by your home.
I agree definitely with the AVRO Vulcan and Concorde having seen both at Air Shows. The Concorde once and the AVRO Vulcan several times in the 1970's. Other honorable mentions also include North American XB-70 Valkyrie, Rockwell B-1B Lancer and Russian Tu-160 Blackjack having seen the Rockwell B-1B Lancer several times at Air Shows the whole Squadron taking off once. The Space Shuttle Rockets Lift-Off is also most loud.
The F-16 is not as loud as the F-35. I used to work for Pratt and Whitney and this is a known fact, engine noise levels are studied in a variety of conditions. In general all fighter aircraft in the US arsenal are within about 1-3 dB of each other in terms of noise production (F15, F16, F/A-18, F-22, F-35). But in most scenarios, particularly under full afterburner, the F35 is louder than the 16.
No real way to demonstrate exactly how loud the Thunderscreech was. But if you ever heard a sonic boom, and I've had a window break at our house because of one, imagine that 90 times per second for several minutes. Audio witnesses say they could hear the Thunderscreech just taxying from 20 miles away. It would cause personnel at Edwards to vomit and some even having permanent hearing damage. The sonic waves were emitting perpendicular to the aircraft's direction, so as it passed personnel 100's of yards off the side of the runway, they would be knocked down. The Navy was looking for something to take off from a Carrier, and this would have been the worst! But it was it's lack of speed that killed the project. It was supposed to go supersonic, but didn't even make it into the transonic envelope.
I can testify that Concorde was extremely noisy as was the English Electri c lightning...However from what i have read the B58 Hustler was earsplittingy noisy.
Been to many airshows and the only aircraft that made the ground the air and my chest cavity shake and vibrate is the mighty Vulcan XH558 .An f16 is definatley not louder the B1B is very loud but again never felt the earth tremble and that last aircraft never heard of it pity no film of it .
