On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:31:02 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Any chance there were no props, and it was some sort of turbofan that just
happened to sound like it had props? Especially given that it didn't even
sound like a normal prop airplane? Modern, high-bypass turbofans make what
I think is a decidedly non-jet sound.

Given that you didn't see the props, what makes you so certain there were
any?

I can't think of any prop twin with engines mounted on pylons attached to
the rear fuselage, but I can think of lots of jets like that. For sure, I'd
think if there was a prop twin with that configuration, it'd make for easy
identification; surely there aren't *two* types like that.

It made a rasping/buzzing type of sound, along with what sounded like
prop noise to me. I've heard a few rear engined airplanes and it had
that kind of sound. Since I did not actually see the props due to the
tree obstruction and the relatively high speed at which it was
traveling, I'd have to conceed that it's possible it was not a turbo
prop.

But if it wasn't, it was one of the strangest sounding turbines I've
ever heard, or something was seriously wrong with them.

Corky Scott