What's the best sounding aircraft you ever heard?

The space shuttle Atlantis lifting off was perhaos the single most
awesome sound I've ever heard.


In article , DeltaDeltaDelta
wrote:

This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some 1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful. Also, the piston Yak-52 I heard a few days ago...unbelievable,
such a powerful and awe inspiring sound. The only thing I regret is never
hearing a DC-6 at full throttle; watching a documentary on ConAir
firefighting services today (on Discovery Science) I heard one pilot remark
that those 76 cylinders at full power sound 'like a Hell's Angels funeral'.

Triple Delta

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"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote:

This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some 1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful. Also, the piston Yak-52 I heard a few days ago...unbelievable,
such a powerful and awe inspiring sound. The only thing I regret is never
hearing a DC-6 at full throttle; watching a documentary on ConAir
firefighting services today (on Discovery Science) I heard one pilot remark
that those 76 cylinders at full power sound 'like a Hell's Angels funeral'.

B-36 overhead.

The starter whine and first chufs of a B-17 starting.

A pair of 106's lighting burners for the dawn patrol.

B-26 with wheels just barely off the ground on takeoff.

--
Ron

Every 5 days from August through September we have our potatoes sprayed by a
local aerial applicator. Our house sits at the north end of one field and
just across the road from another field. The sound of either the big radial
of the old Air Tractors or even the newer turbines is awesome at 5:00am
while we lay in bed upstairs and the planes come over just missing the
rooftop. It's also so cool to wake up early and walk outside at daybreak
during that time, it's normally so quiet that you can hear the planes at 3
different strips start up and take off miles away.
--
Jim Burns III

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Ah, I love the smell of dichlorodifluortoluene in the morning.

{;-)

Jim


"Jim"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Every 5 days from August through September we have our potatoes sprayed by a
-local aerial applicator. The sound of either the big radial
-of the old Air Tractors or even the newer turbines is awesome at 5:00am

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

LOL Actually it's mostly Chlorathalonil w/zinc and it smells kinda like
chalk. But if you can say methamidophos, you can really say stink!
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jim Weir" wrote in message
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Ah, I love the smell of dichlorodifluortoluene in the morning.

{;-)

Jim


"Jim"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Every 5 days from August through September we have our potatoes sprayed
by a
-local aerial applicator. The sound of either the big radial
-of the old Air Tractors or even the newer turbines is awesome at 5:00am

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

In article , Jim Weir wrote:
Ah, I love the smell of dichlorodifluortoluene in the morning.

A mosquito was heard to complain,
A chemist had poisoned his brain,
The cause of his sorrow,
Was 4-4-dichloro,
Diphenoltrichloroethane.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Jim wrote:

The sound of either the big radial
of the old Air Tractors or even the newer turbines is awesome at 5:00am
while we lay in bed upstairs and the planes come over just missing the
rooftop.

Several years ago, I was camping at Sun'n Fun, right off the end of the runway.
They had one B-17 on display down there that year. About 6:30, that sucker went
overhead about 500' up on takeoff. Hell of an alarm clock!

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

DeltaDeltaDelta wrote in message
...
This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some
1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful. Also, the piston Yak-52 I heard a few days ago...unbelievable,
such a powerful and awe inspiring sound. The only thing I regret is never
hearing a DC-6 at full throttle; watching a documentary on ConAir
firefighting services today (on Discovery Science) I heard one pilot
remark
that those 76 cylinders at full power sound 'like a Hell's Angels
funeral'.


Space shuttle liftoff... but I guess that doesn't really count.

Piston: Merlin (Spitfire, then P51, then Hurricane), Merlins (Lancaster).
Griffon (Spitfire). The engine in the Bf109 sounds marvelous too.
Sweeter/smoother/less gruff than the Merlin.

Radials also have their place in the distinctive sounds line-up. Low
and loud.

Jet - Concorde! 4 olympus turbojets with reheat on take-off! Closely
followed by the Vulcan. 4 non-afterburning olympus engines...

Offline at the moment so can't check, but don't Air Atlantique at
Coventry have a DC-6?

Paul

"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
...
This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some
1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful.

Paul

Wondered when someone was going to mention a Lancaster with the four
Merlins. Sounded different than a flight of four P-51's. Guess the
rpm's were more closely synced on Lanc than the four fighters in
formation. Made you eyes water G

One other sound of freedom. The Lockheed F-94C with the J-48 engine
and A/B (Air Defense Fighter) had a HARD after burner light. When it
lit off, it sounded like a French 75 cannon. Monday morning first
flight when burner lit, it was like getting hit in the butt with a two
by four. If I had my choice, I'd take one of those birds tody for my
personal aircraft. Best bird I ever flew, couldn't break in air.

Great Airshow bird with the hard burner light.

Big John


On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 04:00:04 -0000, "Paul Sengupta"
wrote:

Piston: Merlin (Spitfire, then P51, then Hurricane), Merlins (Lancaster).
Griffon (Spitfire). The engine in the Bf109 sounds marvelous too.
Sweeter/smoother/less gruff than the Merlin.

Radials also have their place in the distinctive sounds line-up. Low
and loud.

Jet - Concorde! 4 olympus turbojets with reheat on take-off! Closely
followed by the Vulcan. 4 non-afterburning olympus engines...

Offline at the moment so can't check, but don't Air Atlantique at
Coventry have a DC-6?

Paul

"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
...
This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at some
1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful.