Round Engines

Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here )

Big John
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DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND
AIRCRAFT ENGINES


We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining
aviation and our hearing...

A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery.
The air travels through it in a straight line and
doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of
engine oil or pilot sweat.

Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a
switch from "OFF" to "START" and then remember to
move it back to "ON" after a while. My PC is harder
to start.

Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and
style. You have to seduce it into starting. It's
like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the
pilots aren't even allowed to do it...

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle,
click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big
macho FART or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke and
finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that.
It's a GUY thing...

When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged
and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking of a ceiling
fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting.

When you have started his round engine successfully
your Crew Chief looks up at you like he'd let you
kiss his girl, too!

Turbines don't break or catch fire often enough,
which leads to aircrew boredom, complacency and
inattention. A round engine at speed looks and
sounds like it's going to blow any minute. This
helps concentrate the mind !

Turbines don't have enough control levers or gauges
to keep a pilot's attention. There's nothing to
fiddle with during long flights.

Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman
Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended
machines to smell.

Pass this on to an old WWII guy (or his son, or
anyone who flew them, ever) in remembrance of that
"Greatest Generation".

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines
for any length of time. You could be a 2800 guy, or you could be a 6150 guy
if you had R2800 and 3350 time. The REALLY "hot" guys were the 10510 guys.
They had flown the 2800, the 3350, AND the 4360's.
If you could START a 4360, you got honorable mention :-)))))
Dudley Henriques


"Big John" wrote in message
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Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here )

Big John
`````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````


DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND
AIRCRAFT ENGINES


We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining
aviation and our hearing...

A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery.
The air travels through it in a straight line and
doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of
engine oil or pilot sweat.

Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a
switch from "OFF" to "START" and then remember to
move it back to "ON" after a while. My PC is harder
to start.

Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and
style. You have to seduce it into starting. It's
like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the
pilots aren't even allowed to do it...

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle,
click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big
macho FART or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke and
finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that.
It's a GUY thing...

When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged
and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking of a ceiling
fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting.

When you have started his round engine successfully
your Crew Chief looks up at you like he'd let you
kiss his girl, too!

Turbines don't break or catch fire often enough,
which leads to aircrew boredom, complacency and
inattention. A round engine at speed looks and
sounds like it's going to blow any minute. This
helps concentrate the mind !

Turbines don't have enough control levers or gauges
to keep a pilot's attention. There's nothing to
fiddle with during long flights.

Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman
Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended
machines to smell.

Pass this on to an old WWII guy (or his son, or
anyone who flew them, ever) in remembrance of that
"Greatest Generation".

Dudley

Those were the good old days but we only realize it now )

The biggest I fired up was the R2800 (P-47D).

Looking back I think I remember it sounded like a 'Harly Hog' today
for those who haven't heard one start and run.

Hundreds of hours behind a R1340.


Big John
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On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:29:08 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew round engines
for any length of time. You could be a 2800 guy, or you could be a 6150 guy
if you had R2800 and 3350 time. The REALLY "hot" guys were the 10510 guys.
They had flown the 2800, the 3350, AND the 4360's.
If you could START a 4360, you got honorable mention :-)))))
Dudley Henriques


"Big John" wrote in message
.. .
Found this and thought it might be of interest to all here )

Big John
`````````````````````````````````````````````````` ``````````````````````


DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND
AIRCRAFT ENGINES


We gotta get rid of those turbines, they're ruining
aviation and our hearing...

A turbine is too simple minded, it has no mystery.
The air travels through it in a straight line and
doesn't pick up any of the pungent fragrance of
engine oil or pilot sweat.

Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a
switch from "OFF" to "START" and then remember to
move it back to "ON" after a while. My PC is harder
to start.

Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and
style. You have to seduce it into starting. It's
like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the
pilots aren't even allowed to do it...

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle,
click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big
macho FART or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke and
finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that.
It's a GUY thing...

When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged
and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking of a ceiling
fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting.

When you have started his round engine successfully
your Crew Chief looks up at you like he'd let you
kiss his girl, too!

Turbines don't break or catch fire often enough,
which leads to aircrew boredom, complacency and
inattention. A round engine at speed looks and
sounds like it's going to blow any minute. This
helps concentrate the mind !

Turbines don't have enough control levers or gauges
to keep a pilot's attention. There's nothing to
fiddle with during long flights.

Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman
Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended
machines to smell.

Pass this on to an old WWII guy (or his son, or
anyone who flew them, ever) in remembrance of that
"Greatest Generation".

"Dudley Henriques" wrote
There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew
round engines for any length of time.

I'm a 5170 guy. R-1820 S-2F, R-3350 P-2V

Bob Moore

"Big John" wrote in message
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Dudley

Those were the good old days but we only realize it now )

The biggest I fired up was the R2800 (P-47D).

Looking back I think I remember it sounded like a 'Harly Hog' today
for those who haven't heard one start and run.

Hundreds of hours behind a R1340.


Big John

I have a few hours in the Jug (N) and some time in the Bearcat. Preferred
the 51 for show work, but the cat was a real ride coming off the deck with
some excess power to convert :-))
Never flew the 4360, but I had a friend who had one in his Corsair. He used
to laugh like hell when he told me that it sometimes took him more time to
get it started than it did to make the flight he started it for.
I've always wondered what the hell everybody thought was so damn hard about
flying the jets. That little list of humor you posted is just about right
on.
In the T38, you climb in; push the start buttons and watch the temps rise,
then you point it where you want it to go and hang on. (of course it helps
if you actually HAVE it pointed where you want it to go when you hit the
burners :-).
You can fly the T38 all day long without touching the rudder pedals, and
that includes aerobatics!!
It's great to be able to look back on all that fun. :-)))
Dudley

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote
There's a "nickname number" we gave to those of us who flew
round engines for any length of time.

I'm a 5170 guy. R-1820 S-2F, R-3350 P-2V

Bob Moore

The Navy put all the smarter people in Vikings and Neptunes.
All the fighter pilots mothers' told them never to hang out or to drink with
you people. It was possible that the smartness could rub off and if that
happened, they could lose their fighter slot and get themselves transferred
up to a multi-engine outfit !!!
:-))
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote

The Navy put all the smarter people in Vikings and Neptunes.

How about "Trackers" and Neptunes? :-)

Bob

Big John wrote:

Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a
lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.

Sounds like my first wife. :-)

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Dudley Henriques wrote:

If you could START a 4360, you got honorable mention :-)))))

Try starting a rotary radial.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote

The Navy put all the smarter people in Vikings and Neptunes.

How about "Trackers" and Neptunes? :-)

Bob

"Ouch" (seeks recovery from senior moment misplaced Viking ID suitable to
appease the people at Grumman without ****ing off the people at Lockheed,
while at the same time maintaining the delicate balance between the high
intelligence of the large airplane driver and mother's advice not to appear
all THAT smart while digitally sharing a drink at the digital O Club bar
with a large airplane Naval Aviator"

"See!!!! I was right......I TOLD you the smart guys went to the multi
community!!!"
:-))))))
Dudley Henriques