article - The World’s Hugest Jet Engine Is Wider Than a 737’s Fuselage

[Charles Lindbergh[_2_]]

Amazing...

The World’s Hugest Jet Engine Is Wider Than a 737’s Fuselage

http://www.wired.com/2016/04/worlds-hugest-jet-engine-wider-737s-fuselage

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)[_2_]]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:03:45 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
> wrote:

>Amazing...
>
>The World’s Hugest Jet Engine Is Wider Than a 737’s Fuselage
>
>http://www.wired.com/2016/04/worlds-hugest-jet-engine-wider-737s-fuselage

Zounds!

I am always impressed when I watch Boeing's latest jets up close -
easily far quieter than single engine Cessna props. Outside of an
occasional F-18, the noisiest thing I've ever heard at Boeing Field
was an old Learjet 24 freighter.

[Charles Lindbergh[_2_]]

On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:16:58 -0700, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)" > wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:03:45 +0000, Charles Lindbergh
> wrote:
>
>>Amazing...
>>
>>The World’s Hugest Jet Engine Is Wider Than a 737’s Fuselage
>>
>>http://www.wired.com/2016/04/worlds-hugest-jet-engine-wider-737s-fuselage
>
>Zounds!
>
>I am always impressed when I watch Boeing's latest jets up close -
>easily far quieter than single engine Cessna props. Outside of an
>occasional F-18, the noisiest thing I've ever heard at Boeing Field
>was an old Learjet 24 freighter.

Many years ago I was in West Germany, near the border with the east, when a Soviet Tu-95 flew past hugging the
airspace border, I swear that has to be the loudest aircraft on the planet!