I don't know about you, but personally I find the deafening roar of a 172 configured for landing at pattern altitude a very thrilling sound! Of course to hear it you have to wait until your neighbor is not mowing the lawn or using one of those awful leaf blowers.
</sarcasm>
I was working one Saturday with another engineer, and we hear this
noise, and wondered what it was.
A tech pokes his head in the lab, and says "That was Joe [buzzing
the building in a 152]. I guess he wants me to go pick him up
the airport. I'll be back in a bit."
Unfortunately for Joe, a cop was working a detail at the corner, and
got the tail #.
I can't remember who the tech said Joe was saying "Yes, sir", "No, sir",
and "Never again, sir" to on the phone when he got there.