Posted by Mark in FLG [72.173.133.246] on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 23:45:25 :
In Reply to: OT: Jet powered tiller truck posted by Nick [50.8.247.176] on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:28:07 :
San Francisco F.D. had a turbine-powered ALF engine as well. I talked to a retired SFFD guy who operated it and he said that it was so loud - like a giant vacuum cleaner - that they rarely had to use the siren.