"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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The crackle of the B-1s four engines in afterburner as it does a reversing
turn, pointing it's tail straight at you, in an airshow.

Yeah. Nice. Like the sound of Concorde on take-off! Except you can
(could) get closer to Concorde as it flies directly over your head at when
standing near the end of the runway.

Last Wednesday hearing the sound of the last ever Concorde departure as
our
final one was flown to the museum at Filton.

It was high though. I guess a lot less fuel on board than on a transatlantic
flight. Where were you standing? Was your car parked there? What car
were you in? What do you look like? (I'll look out for you on my video)

Someone else mentioned the MATS Connie. I got to see and hear her come in
to Duxford a few years ago. Lovely in the extreme!

Yes, I was there. But you weren't allowed near it. It was at the
PFA rally the previous day, and there I had a good close up look
and spoke to the people involved.

I think it's the sounds of aviation that are most
thrilling. You can see nearly any airplane on static display in a museum
somewhere, but it's cold and lifeless. To hear it with it's engines
running
is to hear it breath and thrive. That's thrilling!

Our Hurricane at Brooklands should be returning to taxi-able condition.

Don't know if we get engines too when we get Concorde 202 from
Filton...don't suppose they'll allow us to taxi that! :-)

Paul