On January 31,1971, I first saw, and then felt and heard the majesty of an
Saturn V launch from the VIP stands, the one and only time I've been to the
Cape with thanks to Alan Shepard who invited my father to watch the launch.
It was a dream come true for a 16 year old boy. I don't recall the actual
distance from the pad but the clock was past 13 seconds when the first
sounds hit us. It was louder by far than standing by the side of runway 13
at CFB 4Wing watching 2 sets of 2 CF 104's take off side by side on full
AB. I did have hearing protection but standing 100 ft away don't help
much.
Loud is not the word.
Robert
At 05:30 AM 10/1/2016, you wrote:
Henry Spencer wrote on 011016:
> Certainly the noise from the one shuttle launch I saw ... didn't measure
up to the apocalyptic descriptions of what Saturn V launches were like.
Those who recall the ecstasy of F1s thundering away when 20 are youngsters
aged ± 65-70 today...
Fortunately we have PCs & youtube now to play loud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXfnFk3-UQ
jd
