"vincent p. norris" wrote in message @4ax.com...
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.

I spent more than a thousand hours sitting BETWEEN, not behind, two
PW R-2800s. They ran fine, never quit till I cut the mixtures; but
left me with a hearing loss.

I can still pass the FAA medical but can't understand what the pretty
girls are saying at cocktail parties.

vince norris

Now that I wear hearing aids, after almost
15000 hours as PIC, I wonder why the Ground crew always had ear protection
but none was provided for\the pilots?