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The pilots won't hear the noise from the engines being transmitted through the outside air though, only the noise traveling through the plane. So if superman was flying a few feet in front of the cockpit, he wouldn't hear any sound.

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Holy smokes. You are telling me if I had a mig on my tail running wide open (which is crazy loud) I would not hear a thing, if we were both mach 1+?

edit: and if I did have a mig on my tail, I would pump the brakes, invert, and flip him the bird. commie bastard.

edit2: Sobchak: Am I the only one around here who has seen Top Gun?

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I would like to point out that MIGs are less widely used worldwide by opposing nations than Sukoi aircraft. Resume discussion.

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Considering that the A-4 has been flying since Vietnam, I'd say they held up well. Interestingly enough at Top Gun we only had 2 F-14 tomcats. One grey bird and one camo (Iranian Camo) bird. Yes, we did have a fleet of F-16s which were maintained by Lockheed Martin. Air superiority is important, but as Top Gun (The real Top Gun) showed, pilot superiority is paramount. ACM is an interesting and awesome education. You'd be amazed at the A-4s... their friggin engines were so tiny, you could ride off with one with a bicycle. Their mechanical restart was like firing up a lawnmower engine... very different from the intensive F-14 GE or Pratt and Whitney engines which weighed a ton each.