As a curious observer from outside, I have one question - why is the media =
not taking the issue up ? When I google with the search words "Olympic Nati=
onal Park" I come across some very benign and feel good stories. Just curio=
us to know the other side of the story, if any.
Regards
Sudipto
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On Fri, 11/14/14, Russell Dawkins [naturerecordists] <natu=
> wrote:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: War games over Olympic Nat. Park and the =
"Sound of freedom"
To:
Date: Friday, November 14, 2014, 2:42 AM
These "Growler" aircraft are causing
an acoustic disturbance locally as well. The noise of their
take-offs from Ault Airfield on Whidby Island affects San
Juan Islands residents and is annoyingly audible even here
in Victoria, from Oak Bay to the east side of the Saanich
peninsula at distances from 28 to 35 miles, due to the fact
that there is no land between here and there, plus low
frequencies travel farther=E2=80=93and these are low frequencies.
The sound is akin to a prolonged thunder rumble or a giant
blowtorch.
I can hardly imagine what it sounds like adjacent to the NAS
at Whidby Island.=C2=A0
Here's a relevant clipping from last year:=C2=A0 http://seattletimes.com/h=
tml/localnews/2022511067_whidbeynoisexml.html
I wonder if it is part of the design mandate to make a
military jet as loud as possible to have an intimidating
effect on the enemy. If that's the case, then that thinking
would seem to be out of place on an aircraft with the
intended role of the Growler. The Boeing "Dreamliner" shows
how quiet turbojet engines with vastly more thrust than the
Growler can be with appropriate design, where quietness is
the design goal (and it is, nowadays, in civilian
aircraft).
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"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via
Bernie Krause.
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