[Hallicrafters] Why I'm a Hallicrafters Guy

[Gary Pewitt]

While I was at Keesler I was told the air plane engine sound that was used 
in the classrooms to torture the diddybops was recorded on the Keesler 
flightline.  Someone went down there and placed a mike near one of the T-28 
trainers as the engine was run up.  If I recall the T-28 had a 1200 hp 
radial engine and made plenty of noise.  One of my main regrets in life is 
that even though the base flying club would rent you one of several light 
planes such as a Piper Tri Pacer or Aroneca Champ or Tri Champ for 5 bucks 
an hour the instructor was another 5 bucks an hour and my airman 2nd 
paycheck just would not stretch to cover both the plane and the ugly old 
cigar chomping instructor at the same time.  They even had a Beechcraft 
Mentor T-34 trainer you could rent.  I never even bothered asking how much 
that or a T-28 would cost.  And to top off my young stupidity I never even 
thought about joining the base Ham club and getting a licence many years 
earlier than I eventually did.  We get too soon old and too late smart.
73  Gary



At 10:55 AM 5/2/05, David Hollander wrote:

>The airplane noise I am referring to was not the woodpecker. I remember 
>the woodpecker too well tearing up 20 meters while trying to work DX over 
>the pole in the evenings.
>
>Would still like to know what it was. It sounded like the continuous roar 
>of an airplane engine.
>
>Dave N7RK
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