Huey helicopters, when you were on the ground, you could hear the whop whop whop from far off. They were loud running up to them, flying in them but not too loud. It was bearable. I never wore my earplugs on them.... Same with the Chinook. I heard a lot of sonic booms living in Bakersfield in the mid 70's but, by far the loudest aircraft I ever heard were F4 Phantom jets taking off about a mile and a half away. When they took off, thats all you could hear! It was unreal. Illinois Air Guard Phantoms in 1985.

Thank you for posting this information, he was way too young.

Just acquired at my local show is a WW1 cotton khaki coat with this unusual stateside "PE" SSI. The coat also has "US" and QMC collar disks and a Quartermaster Corps sergeant chevron. 

I have to many Air shows over the years and while I don't necessarily remember what one was the loudest i do remember what one was the fastest. A few years ago I was at the air show in Pensacola. I knew some friends down there who had a boat so we took the boat out to watch the show as we didn't feel like dealing with the crowd that and we could also go fishing afterwards. I remember it was during the blue angels demonstration one of the F18s did a low level sneak pass right over us going close to the sound barrier.

The one I sent you photos of is still for sale, albeit expensive…

Definitely show us more! And, welcome!

Thank you for the photo, it helps illustrate an area I have read about. I have attached a clearer photo of this area of the map.  

Blacksmith,   👍 If so no worries.

Welcome to the forum. I look forward to hearing all about your collection.  mikie

Thank you, many years of searching.