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Written by Jeff Moore on 2024-11-27 at 00:04

...almost certainly the loudest aircraft ever built, earning the nickname "Thunderscreech"... prototypes could reportedly be heard 25 miles (40 km) away...blades on the propeller traveled faster than the speed of sound... producing a continuous visible sonic boom that radiated laterally...for hundreds of yards...shock wave...powerful enough to knock a man down...notorious for inducing severe nausea and headaches among ground crews...engineer suffered a seizure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech

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Written by Bob Horowitz on 2024-11-27 at 07:02

@jbm Fascinating. Thanks for posting this.

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