Message no. 1

From:	shadowrn@*********.com (Ahrain Drigar)
Subject:	Harrier (was: Re: DPToQ (Doc's Periodic Torrent of Questions))
Date:	Thu Feb 21 11:05:01 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: Gurth <Gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: DPToQ (Doc's Periodic Torrent of Questions)


>The best current example is the Harrier attack aircraft: it has four
>exhausts, two on either side of the fuselage. When they're aimed downward,
>the aircraft moves vertically or can hang in one place (and blasts a hell
>of a lot of noise toward anyone nearby, I'll add as a personal experience
>note :) while if they are turned to point backward, the aircraft will gain
>forward speed.

Don't know if this would be of any interest to you Doc, but in addition to
the horrendous noise Gurth mentions, Harriers are also accompanied by a sort
of high/moderately pitched "whine" as they pass by. I believe it's because
of the VT jets, but I'm no mechanic. All I know is it's there and I can
always tell if it's a Harrier flying overhead. I live in a town surrounding
a Marine Corp Air Base, so the sound is second nature to me now.

Just a little note I thought you might be interested in.

Ahrain