Anybody hear any rumbling between OKC and Shawnee?

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deerwhacker444 said:
Wow, never would have thought I could hear them that far away. The sound was very low frequency and you could almost feel it. It sounded just as loud inside as outside the house. Sound came thru the walls like a jakebrake on the Hwy.

How do they sneak up on anybody flying those.?
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They don't. Thems 4 x 30,000lb thrust Afterburners. At low level (200-500ft), they mask themselves by flying nap of the Earth (terrain following using the mountains to hide in) at a max speed of Mach .9

They carry nearly twice the payload of B-52s'. That takes a SH*T load of power
 
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They also deliver their payload from high altitude. Besides, where the hell would you go in that short period of time from hearing them, realizing what it was, experiencing the ahhh ****/pucker factor and actually getting to sufficient cover to protect you from the hell that's just been unleashed?
 
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I heard it from inside a house in Guthrie and thought it was a B1 too. After hearing them for 30 years the sound is very recognizable.
 
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deerwhacker444 said:
Been outside working and it sounds like a big jet flying around, but it's been going on for 20-30 minutes. Anybody else hearing anything weird?
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I live just a couple of miles from Tinker and they were doing short run-ups on testing engines on late Friday afternoon/early Friday evening. Those run-ups only lasted about 3 - 4 seconds each time, but they were extremely loud even for Tinker standards. Maybe some new type of engines being tested or worked on.

As a side note: The engines for the B-1 bomber are incredibly loud, perhaps louder than any other jet engine in use today.
 

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