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Post by windrunner on Aug 29, 2006 5:08:46 GMT -5
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Post by bhk on Aug 29, 2006 6:08:47 GMT -5
Beautiful sight, beautiful sound.  Sometimes I feel very sorry for people who will go through their entire lives without experiencing the sights and sounds and smells of (a) a steam locomotive, (b) a radial-engined aircraft, (c) a Merlin-engined aircraft, (d) a Short flying boat taking off or landing and (e) a 1960's Ferrari F1 V12 engine. Sensory overload. Bruce |
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Post by lifejogger on Aug 29, 2006 7:28:26 GMT -5
Beautiful sight, beautiful sound. Sometimes I feel very sorry for people who will go through their entire lives without experiencing the sights and sounds and smells of (a) a steam locomotive, (b) a radial-engined aircraft, (c) a Merlin-engined aircraft, (d) a Short flying boat taking off or landing and (e) a 1960's Ferrari F1 V12 engine. Sensory overload. Bruce I've experienced them all except for the 1960's Ferrari F1 V12 engine. |
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Post by Commander Cody on Aug 29, 2006 10:11:03 GMT -5
a. Many times
b. In a Ford TriMotor, among others
c. at an air show, piloted by Chuck Yeager
d. No, missed this one. My only water takeoffs and landings were in Cessnas
e. Not a Ferrari, but I've sat in the cockpit of a '63 Cooper and watched a 60-
something Lotus do some laps.
The sounds and smells are great memories.
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Post by jimslost on Aug 29, 2006 10:26:50 GMT -5
Unless they've swapped the engines, that particular plane has Wright 1820s rather than the Pratts. I can't believe he ran the starter that long; the limitation is 30 seconds.
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Post by scubakobe on Aug 29, 2006 12:48:45 GMT -5
I was expecting to hear a totally different sound for some reason..  Is there a possibility of creating a sound file for the DC-3 with this video? (a) a steam locomotive, (b) a radial-engined aircraft, (c) a Merlin-engined aircraft, (d) a Short flying boat taking off or landing and (e) a 1960's Ferrari F1 V12 engine. A) Do scale model steamers count? (the ones you sit on) ;D B) I think I just heard one, but that doesn't count as much as hearing it in person! C) Have no clue where to find one of those lol D) a short flying boat? Like the grumman? Actually I saw a Grumman Goose parked at an airport in Oregon and I was surprised at how tiny the thing was. E) Nope, never heard one of those...probably never will with the interest I have for cars.. ;D |
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Post by windrunner on Aug 29, 2006 13:10:20 GMT -5
Interesting,
A- an steam locomotive in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
B- Radial engines: C119, C47, Beaver, Neptune, Harvard....and a few others.
C-NO
D-NO
E- NO (Not a 1960s Ferrari but lots of todays Ferraris around)
(So, this makes of me a middle aged man.... ;D)
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Post by jimslost on Aug 29, 2006 15:14:53 GMT -5
a - steam locomotive in Carson City, NV (and another one when I was really young, too young for details
b - Too many to count. Lived under the departure path at SFO in the 50s. The Stratocruisers would rattle my mom's dishes.
c - Mustangs, Spitfires, and that Spanish built Bf-109 they used in the movie Battle of Brittian.
d - Used to see a Short (actually I think there were two of them) at SFO in the 50s and 60, but never saw one turn a prop. One is currently on display at a museum on the Oakland airport.
e - Ya got me there. The most exotic I've experienced was my brother's Daimler V-8. My favorite car sound was the tuned exhaust on my 356A Porsche - gone these 34 years I'm sorry to report.
The most stirring piston engine sound I've heard was made by a P-38 Lightning on a high speed low pass. Smoother and quieter than a Merlin, but throbbing with the aura of barely restrained brute force ....
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Post by bhk on Aug 29, 2006 15:50:53 GMT -5
.....The most stirring piston engine sound I've heard was made by a P-38 Lightning on a high speed low pass. Smoother and quieter than a Merlin, but throbbing with the aura of barely restrained brute force .... Jim, That's the reason - or one of them - that I like the P-38 by David Copley. The sound he's provided for the engine has the qualities you've just described. Bruce |
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Post by Jakemaster on Aug 29, 2006 18:11:29 GMT -5
I really want to see a DC-3 fly in person, I love them so much. Hopefully I can see Continental N25673 fly at the Wings Over Houston Airshow in october. I dont think she is performing but maybe I can see her arrive or depart
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