Just received this from a friend who hangs out with musicians ... he's a
drummer. Played with George Shearing for a year or so. At least he
understands music and how it is made, even by mechanical sources.
Wes
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From: Jan O Hyde <johyde@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 08:13:20 -0700
To: johyde@juno.com
Subject: Nostalgia....
SUBJECT: Nostalgia
Dedicated to all who flew behind round engines!
We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
We need to go back to big round engines.
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 more difficult to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On some
planes, the pilots are not even allowed to do it.
Turbines start by whining a while then give a small lady-like "poot"
and start whining 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 of 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 on a
ceiling fan. Useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
complacency and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like
it's going to blow at any minute. This helps to concentrate the mind.
Turbines don't have enough control levers 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 lanterns. Round
engined planes smell like God intended flying machines to smell.
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