Barry, 14.05.2013 17:08 Costas I can not comment on the noise of the XF84H, but the noise of the T6 Texan is due to the propellor being direct drive,i.e. not going through a gear box. Also,if the propellor tips are in excess of Mach they would fold back.

Timothy Boles, e-mail, 29.06.2010 22:43 This plane is at Wright Patterson Air Museum, in the 'X-planes' hanger

asda, e-mail, 29.04.2010 19:04 135 dB? that's CRAP! this aircraft is too noisy...

Doug Rodrigues, e-mail, 13.03.2010 11:33 I remember seeing an example of this plane on that pole at the enterance to Bakersfield Airport back in 1969. There was a placard saying that the Air National Guard flew a squadron of this model there in earlier years. A few years ago, I located it again using the GoogleEarth photos. Last month I went looking for it once again on GoogleEarth program, but it appears that the plane has been removed.

Steve, e-mail, 17.02.2010 17:49 The British invented the angle deck, steam catapult, and mirror landing sight just in time - else this might have been the future of carrier aviation!

Costas Tsaganas, e-mail, 22.08.2008 10:47 The noise because most of each propeller blade was supersonic when spinning (e.g. the T-6 Texan makes a distinctive buzzsaw noise because the prop tips are supersonic). Even with the engine idling and the prop feathered the noise was awful, as it is a constant speed unit and thrust variations are made by pitch change. IT would cause extreme discomfort and nausea to anyone near it, and there is at least one instance of a man collapsing to the ground with (epileptic?) convulsions a fair distance from the Thunderscreech.