[Milsurplus] Old heavies as flit guns

[Bob Wilder]

As Todd said, there is nothing that will replace the sound of those old 
recips.  We have a Coast Guard C-130 that is in here quite often and I 
always look to see it.   Same as an old C-47 that appears every so often. 
The R2800 and R1850 have distinctive sounds and can not be mistaken.  The 
other is the sound of a Huey. On my tour in Vietnam used to hear 65 Huey's 
take off at dawn each morning and that bird also has a distinctive sound. I 
was at Bien Thuy (Paddy 35) and the VNAF had a bunch of Hueys.


At 09:27 AM 4/6/2005 -0400, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:

>Back in the mid-late 80s there was some outfit out of Boston (I think)
>running freight to and from BTV with a fleet of 2-3 C-47s. They flew
>over my folks' place regularly and I got to see them at the BTV
>airport on a few ocassions, including an airshow. Best part was, they
>were all in WWII paint w/D-Day stripes and US insignia.
>
>Wonder if the one recently for sale in TX was one of these?
>
>I'm with you, Marty - anytime I'm lucky enough to be outside when
>something flies over with that sound, I drop what I'm doing and start
>scanning the sky. You just know that someday people will be saying the
>same thing about the commercial jets we take for granted now. SST is a
>recent example, 707s before because they were 'too loud' for the
>people who moved near an airport.
>
>~ Todd
>
>On Apr 6, 2005 7:10 AM, Unserviceable but Repairable
><cosmoline at ba-watch.org> wrote:
> > > Really neat to see /hear these (dc3s) active esp in the spring and
> >   summer spraying the canals here eventhough it is 4 in the morning!
> >
> > Same goes for the 3 ex-USN C131s aka Convair 330s @ Beaufort, SC's Frogmore
> > airport.
> >
> > There's nothing like the sound of dual R2800s @ dawn.
> >
> > Lucky dawg note.  The gooney R1830s are LOUDER than the CV340s biggies
> > that have muffflers in their nacelle rear sections.
> >
> > U might ask one of the gooney team that if, with a blanket release, you
> > could donate a big crew breakfast in return for a ride.
> >
> > - - - -
> >
> > Gotta say dept.  When approaching fm south CV330s throttled back passing
> > residential islands.  Last one is Harbor Island that's across a 1.5 mi.
> > water reach to the airport's St. Helena island.  As they appear around
> > Harbor you can see a black trail appear under each engine.  They're
> > firewalled & climbing 'til St. Helena whereupon they throttle
> > back & 'coast' to the arpt.
> >
> > Whatta sight 'n sound!
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