Paul

Wondered when someone was going to mention a Lancaster with the four
Merlins. Sounded different than a flight of four P-51's. Guess the
rpm's were more closely synced on Lanc than the four fighters in
formation. Made you eyes water G

One other sound of freedom. The Lockheed F-94C with the J-48 engine
and A/B (Air Defense Fighter) had a HARD after burner light. When it
lit off, it sounded like a French 75 cannon. Monday morning first
flight when burner lit, it was like getting hit in the butt with a two
by four. If I had my choice, I'd take one of those birds tody for my
personal aircraft. Best bird I ever flew, couldn't break in air.

Great Airshow bird with the hard burner light.

Big John


On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 04:00:04 -0000, "Paul Sengupta"
wrote:

Piston: Merlin (Spitfire, then P51, then Hurricane), Merlins (Lancaster).
Griffon (Spitfire). The engine in the Bf109 sounds marvelous too.
Sweeter/smoother/less gruff than the Merlin.

Radials also have their place in the distinctive sounds line-up. Low
and loud.

Jet - Concorde! 4 olympus turbojets with reheat on take-off! Closely
followed by the Vulcan. 4 non-afterburning olympus engines...

Offline at the moment so can't check, but don't Air Atlantique at
Coventry have a DC-6?

Paul

"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
...
This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some
1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful.