On 10/23/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want a great sounding bird, very little beats a Lancaster, with > it's 4 Merlins. > > We get it over Toronto on a regular basis during Airshow season.
Like you, I've seen and heard that Lanc on a regular basis. IIRC, it was built in Canada @ AV Roe just at the end of the war, but never got shipped for active duty. Did maritime reconnaissance work for a time before being mothballed and then restored. You're right, it does sound great, but there's something about radial engines that turns my crank. I've heard Corsairs, which are incredibly loud, but the only multi-engined radials I've ever heard is a B25 Mitchell. Even with only two engines, IMHO they sound better than the four Merlins in the Lanc! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
