Comment Re:Oh Boeing... (Score 1) 403
My grandparents lived on the landing approach path to JFK, out in Floral Park. When the Concorde came in, you freakin' knew it was the Concorde. It was a lot louder than the other airplanes on that approach, and it was nice that it only went over twice a day (It was a very cool airplane, and we'd go out to look, at least for the morning landing).
I dunno about "normal cruising speed", but on "approach to JFK" it was a hell of a lot louder than the 747s, DC10s and similar of the late '70s and early '80s. Looking at the approach profiles I see that the aircraft were probably at about 2k feet over Floral Park. I reject your statement, from experience.