The Harrier ...
Most excellent design ever created ....
For the conversion of fuel to noise.
Most excellent design ever created ....
For the conversion of fuel to noise.
The EA-6B still has my vote.
Sorry...NOTHING beats the F-4 Phantom II for that. Two J-79s at full afterburner on a low 450-knot airshow pass is just one of the most amazing walls of sound you'll ever hear. Raw, brute, unadulterated power, and a total triumph of sheer thrust over aerodynamics. :)
Old "Double Ugly" is the third-loudest airplane I've ever heard. #2 was a B-1B in full afterburner, and #1, by a mile, was the Concorde.
}:-)4
great for airshows, though.