December 31st 03, 07:38 PM
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"M. J. Powell" wrote:
In message , Cub Driver
writes
Engine noise was audible but the speech was perfectly clear.
The mike (or mic, as it for some reason is now spelled) on an aircraft
headset has a remarkable ability to filter out engine noise.
I should have remembered 'mic'. I spent 30 years in broadcasting!
While a
Continental 65 hp is nothing like a Lancaster engine, it is close to
the pilot and loud enough to deafen him over time, and to make
conversation very difficult. With a headset there is no audible engine
noise. (There's no push-to-talk on the intercom, so the mike in effect
is hot at all times.)
Yes, I remember from my time in Austers! Gliders are quiet though...
Mike
Aren't they though?...that always amazed me...they must have
super mufflers?
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-Gord.
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