In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
bert wrote:
Another issue as the noise levels at take off. The initial sale tour was
in an aircraft using prototype engines which were substantially noisier.
Unfortunately the damage was done even though the production versions
were below the sound levels in a typical disco.

Regardless of how you try to fiddle the figures,
??? We are talking reason for Concorde's poor sales figures.
your own ears would tell
you it was the noisiest of all passenger aircraft by a vast margin. In the
time when jets were getting quieter.

I didn't say it wasn't I merely gave a comparison to another common
sound level.
--
bert