On Thu, 20 May 2004 12:37:43 GMT, "Henry and Debbie McFarland"
wrote:

To me, there is
nothing better than flying with the window open and hearing that 65 hp
Continental sing.

65 hp Continental sing? I always thought they chugged. BIG GRIN

That reminds me, went to a Waco fly-in at an airfield somewhere south
of Dayton Ohio back around '91 or 2. There was an early vintage Waco
there (two of them actually) that were powered by OX-5's. I hung out
right next to them to hear what those V8's sounded like.

When the one I was about 10 feet away from was propped, I was
flabbergasted: it sounded exactly like "depocket depocket depocket"

When it "revved up" for takeoff, the sound changed to: "DEPOCKET
DEPOCKET DEPOCKET" and it leisurely bumped down the runway and gently
lifted off.

Rent the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and you'll have the sound
exactly.

Corky Scott