19-05-2021, 10:46 AM
Hi
I too remember a Farnborough show in the 70's when a Lightning made a pass over the crowd with full afterburner and then stood it on its tail. It's the only noise I could truly describe as ear-splitting. One mother had her hands over her toddler's ears and wasn't able to cover her own - ouch
At the same show, a chap had a stand where he was selling vinyl recordings of Spitfires, Lancasters etc. He had a record deck with huge loudspeakers hidden under the trestle table behind a banner. It was quite amusing watching people scanning the sky in vain watching for the real thing.
I too remember a Farnborough show in the 70's when a Lightning made a pass over the crowd with full afterburner and then stood it on its tail. It's the only noise I could truly describe as ear-splitting. One mother had her hands over her toddler's ears and wasn't able to cover her own - ouch
At the same show, a chap had a stand where he was selling vinyl recordings of Spitfires, Lancasters etc. He had a record deck with huge loudspeakers hidden under the trestle table behind a banner. It was quite amusing watching people scanning the sky in vain watching for the real thing.