Wes,, Oh how I love the sound-- The only thing a JET can do that I think is
neat----VERTICAL SLOW ROLLS
>
> From: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>
> Date: 2003/03/14 Fri AM 10:29:46 CST
> To: "land-speed@autox.team.net" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: FW: Nostalgia....
>
> 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
> ----------
> 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.
>
>
"Sparky"
Lakester 2211
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