LOU wrote on May 7^th, 2013 at 5:25pm:

Kapitan is correct. The air noise in both the 707 & 727 above 300 knots IAS got very loud. Some pilots would not fly faster than 300 knots IAS to protect hearing. The 747 was also very loud at high speed/IAS. The 757 & 767 on the other hand were really quiet.  :)

Thanks Capt Lou,
Your opinion is very important, there are very few real pilots of these irons around. Many details bypass the knowledge of developpers or simmers alike, experience details that not even the real pilots pass them unless they are brought to think about it.

Many 707 lovers, or 727 ususally say "i flew them" or even "i was in the cockpit once, or twice" . But these quick encounters are not enough to sediment a bunch of details that are known only to real pilots of those models. Or someone that spent sometimes whole flights in the jumper seat, like me.

People remember the wind...oh yes the wind...but how loud was it? At what speed it became the only sound? Such detail doesnt come on a few cockpit visits or just by having travelled a lot in the 80s...these details only come if your bum was sitting there all day! And they have been bypassed by developpers all round the hobby, despite CS is among the top best.

Its there are just so many...its impossible to go after each, but slowly with help of real pilots the memory of the real planes and how they felt wont die away :)