[Milsurplus] O/T (sorta): DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHINDROUND ENGINES

[jmfranke]

Thanks from someone who sat behind two R-1820's on a Grumman E1-b.  I 
especially enjoyed viewing the blue flames from the cherry red exhaust ports 
at night.

John  WA4WDL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 9:09 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] O/T (sorta): DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW 
BEHINDROUND ENGINES


>
> DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO FLEW BEHIND ROUND ENGINES
>
> We  gotta get rid of those turbines; they're ruining aviation
> and our  hearing ... A turbine is too simple minded, it has
> no mystery. The air  travels through it in a straight line
> and doesn't pick up any of the  pungent fragrance of engine
> oil or pilot  sweat.
>
> 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 harder to  start.
>
> Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and  style.
> You have to seduce it into starting. It's like waking up  a
> horny mistress. On some planes, the pilots aren't  even
> allowed to do it..
>
> Turbines start by whining  for a while, then give a
> lady-like poof and start whining a little  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 more 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.
>
> When you have started his round  engine successfully your
> Crew Chief looks up at you like he'd let you  kiss his girl , too!
>
> Turbines don't break or catch fire often enough, which leads
> to  aircrew boredom, complacency and inattention. A round
> engine at speed  looks and sounds like it's going to blow
> any minute. This helps  concentrate the mind!
>
> Turbines don't have enough control  levers or gauges 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 Lamps.
> Round engines smell like God intended  machines to smell.
>
> Pass this on to an old Round Engine guy  (or his son, or
> anyone who flew them) in remembrance of that  "Greatest
> Generation".
>
>
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