A couple years back making the usual trek to Sun-N-Fun with my 1957
Apache, Fat Albert, which has exhaust augmenters and no mufflers, the
ground crew seemed to have totally misplaced the contemporary classic
camping area and wound up taxiing me for more than 20 minutes, weaving
back and forth through areas of the flight line, past the control tower
twice, complete with having to weave me between a flock of warbirds
being tugged onto the apron for the airshow... So, there I was
repeatedly locking one brake, and going full power on the opposite
engine to weave between and under the wingtips these great machines of
war, and making a lot of racket for a measly 150 HP... We finally got
parked after considerable maneuvering... As I was securing the plane
the announcer commented he was glad "that" was over... Then people
began drifting over, inquiring ,"How many horsepower does that thing
have? Jeez, you drowned out the speakers clear over in the tent
forums!", etc...
Augmenters forever, indeed...