Whilst riding to the city today from my house i heard an A330 in the sky departing from Brisbane Airport what amazed me is that it was making quite an noise just like a 747 or even worse, this is from the Qantas fleet i was just wondering if the A330’s are normally this noisy!
By: dartie - 15th June 2004 at 12:06
LOL @ steve nah i was riding my bike the first time so i was sober:D
By: steve rowell - 15th June 2004 at 06:49
Perhaps you were sober the second time Dartie
By: dartie - 15th June 2004 at 05:24
Ok thanks guys for that but yea that did surprise me a bit because today i saw another A330 from Qantas and it was quite quiet!
By: Jeanske_SN - 11th June 2004 at 18:54
Airbus aircraft “wipe away” the sound outwards some way. The 777 for example is noisier in the cabin, but is quieter from the outside for example on take off. I had a chart about it in Piloot & Vliegtuig but threw it away yet.
A330/340 area really very quiet.
By: dartie - 11th June 2004 at 14:20
Yeah i knew it was like a quiet aircraft but for some reason it was loud and i was really surprised of the noise it was making
By: Tempest - 11th June 2004 at 12:39
It might have been running its engines at full for some reason. It’s usually one of the quietest around, inside and out
By: bmi-star - 11th June 2004 at 08:41
Inside an A330 is a different matter, sooo quiet! Didn’t hear the RR engines on my bmi A330 ever on my flight. Could hear myself think, not like the 767 and 777 i had been on trans-atlantic before!
By: Hand87_5 - 11th June 2004 at 07:44
I never heard anything about this. I lived many years just next ORY and I never noticed that the A330 was noisier than any other jet of the same generation.
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