On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:50 +0100 (BST), (John Dallman)
wrote:

In article ,
(Gord Beaman) wrote:

Thanks Peter, U2. and yes, I have a book on the B-36...wooHoo!
quite the machine indeed, very impressive...D R O N E !... what a
sound they made when flying over...make your chest vibrate...

Wonder if there's anyone around who's heard both a B-36 and a Tu-95 Bear?
That's supposed to have a very distinctive sound, but I've never seen or
heard one.

hand enthusiastically raised ME! ME! ME! :-)

When I was in grade school back in the '50s in Joliet, IL a flight of
B-36's went over. Time has dimmed a lot about the event (including
the precise number of aircraft). But it was an IMPRESSIVE sound. It
was also the first time I had heard the term "aluminum overcast." ;-)

When deployed aboard INTREPID in '71 we were overflown by Bears from
time to time. It was a distinct sound, different from any turboprop
I'd heard before.

The damned Lanc had a terrifically high lift wing (for those
humongous bombloads) and a very far forward mounted MLG plus very
soft oleos and large soft tires. This added up to a ticklish a/c
to land. Put it 'on' the slightest bit firmly and it'd BOUNCE.

Yeow... Since I read about them, I've suspected one of the bravest Lanc
crews were the team that test-flew each one for the first time at the Avro
factory. They were doing six or seven a day for much of WWII.

That would add up to real "pucker factor" by about tea time! :-)

Bill Kambic