F-35 Fighter Jet Noise Unbearable In Vermont

[unhappycamper]

http://www.inquisitr.com/965623/f-35-fighter-jet-noise-unbearable-in-vermont/



F-35 Fighter Jet Noise Unbearable In Vermont
Posted: September 24, 2013

Conflicting statements have been issued by a top military official regarding F-35 fighter jets which will be based with the Vermont Air National Guard.

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Captain Haas then went back on his earlier comments saying that pilots at Eglin are in fact only using their afterburners about five percent of the time on the F-35 fighter jets: “I left you an incorrect impression,” he said. “I was talking about military aircraft in general.”

When he was confronted about the fact that just a day earlier he had said the afterburners would be used in general he said: “I was wrong when I gave you that information.”

It is obvious why the local residents are up-in-arms. Rosanne Greco, a council member in South Burlington said that the Haas’ recent contradictory comments are typical of the military when it comes to the issue of noise pollution.

[longship]

1. When I lived in Wichita, KS in the 80's.

The B-1's, F-4's, KC-135's, and F-16's were deafening. I lived below the landing path of McConnell AFB and they all did touch-and-goes at the worst time of the day, often late in the evenings. I was a regular caller to the AFB switchboard complaining about it. The B-1's and F-16's were horrible. One couldn't hear a damned thing.

I was an acoustical engineer at Boeing at the time and worked on the re-engine program for the KC-135 Stratotanker. The new plane addressed these complaints very well and doubled the thrust. The new one was very quiet.

Fighters and big bombers will never be quiet. The worst was when a B-52 flew into town for service at Boeing. Damned things rattled your teeth.