Loudest… that must be Antonov An-22 landing on Amsterdam airport sometime in the late ’90s I think. The airport got a record amount of complaints then and the type was instantly banned from Dutch airspace, if I remember correctly.
Man those four contra turbo props were totally awesome. I used to live a good 25 miles from the airport (so the plane was still fairly high) and the windows were shaking for several minutes! That was landing too. Can’t imagine what full power must sound like…
Bunch of German Tornados and Phantoms leaving the RIAT was load too, but not terribly exciting perhaps 🙂
And the Tu-22M the same year wasn’t terribly loud (as it didn’t leave that day) but was definitely my most unhealthy aircraft encounter in terms of exhaust fumes. I wouldn’t be surprised to get lung cancer in the future from inhaling all those terribly smelly and hot half burnt Ukranian kerosene fumes for over half an hour. I am sure a lot of you will remember…
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