One more for ya,
Shuttle Launch from about 2 miles. It must hurt, it was painful at 4
miles. But man was it impressive!!!
Larry
On Dec 20, 2005, at 14:00 PM, Robert Duquette wrote:
> Well, at least you still have a memory.
>
> I just don't want to be the one running behind with the
> microphone . . .
>
> RD
>
>> From: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
>> Date: 2005/12/20 Tue PM 01:48:15 EST
>> To: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>,
>> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: RE: RE: Re[2]: Non-hypothetical question, 1098 vs. 1275
>>
>> More importantly, who's gonna RECORD 'em? And, while they're at
>> it, I've
>> got a list of other mechanical sounds (music, to MY ears), that
>> I'd like to
>> have recorded, before it's too late.
>> The list is:
>> 1.) Porsche 917K
>> 2.) Ferrari 512S
>> 3.) Any big block Chevy, PROVIDED it is installed in a McLaren, or
>> Lola
>> CanAm chassis
>> 4.) Early Cosworth-Ford DFV
>> 5.) Matra V-12
>> 6.) Lockheed P-38, including start-up, warm-up, and take off.
>> 7.) Any Lockheed Constellation, same sequence as above
>> 8.) Pair of EMD model 16-645E7(turbo-charged & after-cooled), as
>> installed
>> in a Dravo-built towboat, shoving a very heavy tow against a very
>> swift
>> current.....OH YEAH!!!! (similar to an early{pre-noise reduction}
>> Boeing
>> 707, but with heavy rumbling/thundering....very difficult to
>> describe, but
>> the most powerful, soulful, mechanical sound I've ever heard)
>>
>> With the exception of item #6, I've heard all of them (lived with/
>> aboard
>> item #8, for weeks on end), but they're starting to fade from my
>> memory.
>> Bud Osbourne
>>
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