What's the best sounding aircraft you ever heard?

Medivac chopper landing while you are laying in a pool of your own blood.

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

I probably didn't see you at LHR when Concorde took off. I was standing on
the 8th floor of the carpark in Tech Block C on BA's Engineering East Base.
My car was parked three floors below me. She did do one hell of a climbout,
though, didn't she? No bags, min fuel, just 100 pax or so of weight - she
never climbed like that for the 001 to JFK! I think Capt Mike Bannister
really enjoyed that one.

I didn't go the the PFA rally this year and I haven't been to Duxford in a
couple of years. I was a volunteer for The Fighter Collection for a couple
of years back in the mid 90s, and was there nearly every Sunday for
volunteer day. But then got back into flying in 97. I found myself in a
Cub group. So, fly my own Cub on a Sunday or drive an hour and a half to
watch someone else fly airplanes all day? I'll let you do the math on that
one! :-) It would have been good to see and hear the Connie again. One
good thing about being a volunteer at Duxford is that you normally get onto
the flightline for a lot of this stuff. When the Dutch DC-4 came in a few
years ago, they let us all up into the cockpit to just have a nose around.
I spoke to the owner/pilot. He was a great guy and it's a heck of an
operation they'd got going.

Shawn
"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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The crackle of the B-1s four engines in afterburner as it does a
reversing
turn, pointing it's tail straight at you, in an airshow.

Yeah. Nice. Like the sound of Concorde on take-off! Except you can
(could) get closer to Concorde as it flies directly over your head at
when
standing near the end of the runway.

Last Wednesday hearing the sound of the last ever Concorde departure as
our
final one was flown to the museum at Filton.

It was high though. I guess a lot less fuel on board than on a
transatlantic
flight. Where were you standing? Was your car parked there? What car
were you in? What do you look like? (I'll look out for you on my video)

Someone else mentioned the MATS Connie. I got to see and hear her come
in
to Duxford a few years ago. Lovely in the extreme!

Yes, I was there. But you weren't allowed near it. It was at the
PFA rally the previous day, and there I had a good close up look
and spoke to the people involved.

I think it's the sounds of aviation that are most
thrilling. You can see nearly any airplane on static display in a
museum
somewhere, but it's cold and lifeless. To hear it with it's engines
running
is to hear it breath and thrive. That's thrilling!

Our Hurricane at Brooklands should be returning to taxi-able condition.

Don't know if we get engines too when we get Concorde 202 from
Filton...don't suppose they'll allow us to taxi that! :-)

Paul

The A-10 doesn't have burners, but that gun does sound awfully cool! The
engines sound pretty neat, too, as they buzz rather then shriek like most
jets. We had them at Osan AB in Korea when I was there and I got to see
them on the gunnery range once. Most impressive!

Shawn
"Tom Hyslip" wrote in message
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I would have to say an A-10 "warthog" coming in for close ground support
with the 30mm vulican cannon blazing. Then hitting the afterburners on the
pull out.

Amazing, and I sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end of the 30mm
cannon.


"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
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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

Shawn,

I was in Korea in '96-'97, when were you there. I was a maintenance test
pilot for oh-58's. I use to do my engine performance checks at 10,000'. Why?
Because I could. Anyway the A-10s would almost always come check me out. It
was pretty cool. They'd be close enough to wave at each other. One time the
guy help up a piece of paper that said "Happy Easter".

And boy does that A-10 30 mm rock. We have a range some 4 miles from my
airfield on Camp Atterbury. We can hear that cannon from our building. It is
pretty cool to watch. You can see the at a high angle climb and then snap it
over, THEN you hear the cannon. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

The mini gun on the task force MH-60K is pretty impressive too.

Fred


"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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The A-10 doesn't have burners, but that gun does sound awfully cool! The
engines sound pretty neat, too, as they buzz rather then shriek like most
jets. We had them at Osan AB in Korea when I was there and I got to see
them on the gunnery range once. Most impressive!

Shawn
"Tom Hyslip" wrote in message
. com...
I would have to say an A-10 "warthog" coming in for close ground support
with the 30mm vulican cannon blazing. Then hitting the afterburners on
the
pull out.

Amazing, and I sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end of the 30mm
cannon.


"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
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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

Fred,
Camp Atterbury sounds familiar from listening to AFR, but I can't say I know
where it is. I was at Osan Apr 94-95. Got to see the hogs at Kooni. How
was the flying in Korea? The fighter jocks I talked to seemed to love it.
I had a chance to join the Osan aeroclub, but it seemed to be a waste of
time - nowhere to fly to that you could get to in a 172, the skies full of
fighters and helos, and the ground covered in SAMS and ack-ack sites manned
by bored ROK conscripts. I was there when that dipstick helo pilot got lost
over the border and got his crew chief killed in the ensuing debacle. And
what did they do? They sent him home early for his transgressions, the
*******! They should have tacked on another tour!!

On the topic of the GAU-8, I've got a friend here in the UK who likes to
tell the following story:

The RAF has a gunnery range out on the East coast in an area of shallow
water and mud known as The Wash. He starts the story by saying it's no
wonder the RAF don't seem too potent but the USAF dominates the skies. He
was working on a piece of equipment within about 2 miles of the gunnery
range one afternoon and watched a Tornado (could have been a Harrier, I
suppose - not really important) come in on the target with some kind of gun
lobbing single rounds at it - POOMP...POOMP...POOMP. And you could see
little splashes where the shells were hitting. "That's pretty cool", he
thinks. About an hour later, an A-10 came by for the same thing. He lined
up on the target, then my friend describes hearing a helacious buzzing
sound - BZZZZZT and then watching as an acre of mud threw itself a hundred
feet into the air. (he usually expresses this part by throwing his arms up
over his head at the same time!). Now THAT'S firepower!

Great story anyway.

The only other time I got to Kooni was with the CATM (Combat Arms Training
Somethingorother) when we got to fire the .50 off the beach. That was a
great day! Didn't hit the target too often but managed to scare the hell
out of a lot of fish!

Shawn


"Frederick Wilson" wrote in message
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Shawn,

I was in Korea in '96-'97, when were you there. I was a maintenance test
pilot for oh-58's. I use to do my engine performance checks at 10,000'.
Why?
Because I could. Anyway the A-10s would almost always come check me out.
It
was pretty cool. They'd be close enough to wave at each other. One time
the
guy help up a piece of paper that said "Happy Easter".

And boy does that A-10 30 mm rock. We have a range some 4 miles from my
airfield on Camp Atterbury. We can hear that cannon from our building. It
is
pretty cool to watch. You can see the at a high angle climb and then snap
it
over, THEN you hear the cannon. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

The mini gun on the task force MH-60K is pretty impressive too.

Fred


"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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The A-10 doesn't have burners, but that gun does sound awfully cool!
The
engines sound pretty neat, too, as they buzz rather then shriek like
most
jets. We had them at Osan AB in Korea when I was there and I got to see
them on the gunnery range once. Most impressive!

Shawn
"Tom Hyslip" wrote in message
. com...
I would have to say an A-10 "warthog" coming in for close ground
support
with the 30mm vulican cannon blazing. Then hitting the afterburners on
the
pull out.

Amazing, and I sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end of the
30mm
cannon.


"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'.

Triple Delta

John Roncallo wrote:

I cant say I'v ever herd it, but the Spruce Goose must have sounded
cool.

Drop highflyer a line. He was there.

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".

"Tom Fleischman" wrote in
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Why not? It's an aircraft isn't it?

Would "aerospacecraft" be more appropriate?

--
John T
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer
__________

Dad says he was there that day and took a picture!! He was in the Marines at
the time. He was over by the water that day for something else - don't
recall now, think it was his day off. Maybe he went over to see the thing
taxi.

He says my Aunt Kate has the photo he took that day. We're still looking.

Everyone should have an aunt like this - saves everything, in 100's of boxes
strewn about everywhere - nothing marked. I think I've inherited that
particular clutter gene. It's the gene that makes us put things on the
stairs (like a staging area) instead of putting them away in the first
place.

--
Montblack
http://lumma.de/mt/archives/bart.gif


("G.R. Patterson III" wrote)
I cant say I'v ever herd it, but the Spruce Goose must have sounded
cool.

Drop highflyer a line. He was there.

"Montblack" wrote in message


It's the gene that makes us
put things on the stairs (like a staging area) instead of putting
them away in the first place.

Argh! My wife does that to my constant chagrin.

"It's to remind me to take it upstairs."
"Ah. That explains why it's still there after your last 3 trips up."

--
John T
http://tknowlogy.com/tknoFlyer
__________

Montblack wrote:

I think I've inherited that
particular clutter gene. It's the gene that makes us put things on the
stairs (like a staging area) instead of putting them away in the first
place.

Me too. In fact, the current generation in my family claims that "Patterson" is
actually ancient Gaelic for "packrat". I started to draw up a coat of arms with
a shield marked with bags of junk, flanked with two packrats rampant, and the
legend "I discard nothing" in latin. Got it about half done; it's in a drawer.
Somewhere ......

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".