On 10/24/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the B-25 only had 28 cylinders, while the Lancaster had 48. But it > always > seemed that the radials sort of rumbled while the v-12's sort of snarled. The > one that always sent shivers up my spine was the Beech 18 (C-45) throttled > back > with the 9 cyl P&W R-985 engines slightly out of sync.
I'd have loved to have heard a B17 at full throttle. Chances of that are pretty slim these days... BTW, I was wrong about the B25 being the only multi-engined radial I've ever heard. I've heard (and flown on!) a DC3. D'oh! 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.
