"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines
for any length of time.

5600-- two 2800s, one on each side.

Of course, my hearing has been defective ever since and now it's
getting worse.

vince norris

Sorry to hear that! (no pun intended :-)

How've you been stranger? Good to see you again. Looks like Paterno and the
boys did us all proud again this season.
My hearing suffered a bit from the Mustang. Strangely enough, the big
radials always seemed a lot smoother on the ears to me.
The stacks on the 51 are just about in line with your ears and it gets damn
noisy in there. Used to put cotton in my ears. In the Mustang, trying to
talk to ATC with anything over 45 inches going up front usually required at
least one come back per transmission. Finally got a Telex combo and could
actually hear a few words from the friendlies on the ground during climbouts
:-)
All the best,
Dudley Henriques