On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:54:35PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote:
You haven't heard a four engine bomber until you've heard a Lanc ;-) 4
Merlin's has a very unique sound, quite different from the 4 radial
designs of Boeing and Consolidated.
The more Merlins there aqre in the air, the better it all
On 3/8/10, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:
That's probably from a Biggin Hill air show. My memory tells me that
as well as the Lanc Hurricane there were also a couple of other
Merlin engines in the formation - a Spitfire and a Mustang.
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) had
On 2010-08-03 4:36, Cotty wrote:
didn't fade up the sound of the Vulcan, so as it banked around - the
accompanying sound was that live over the pilot's interview: a Lancaster
bomber - in perfect and harmonious sync with the Vulcan shot. It was
actually uncanny. I couldn't have gotten a better
On 2/8/10, John Coyle, discombobulated, unleashed:
Is the Vulcan still flying? I recall seeing both the Vulcan and the Victor
at Farnborough, probably early 60's: the lasting impression was how slowly
they seemed to fly, and the colossal noise they made on take-off!
I don't know about your
Cotty wrote:
And several stuck to the ground but moving:
http://www.avrovulcan.com/
http://www.xm655.com/
Sometimes in mysterious ways.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8455110.stm
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 11:46:14AM +1000, John Coyle wrote:
Is the Vulcan still flying? I recall seeing both the Vulcan and the Victor
at Farnborough, probably early 60's: the lasting impression was how slowly
they seemed to fly, and the colossal noise they made on take-off!
If you want a
On 2/8/10, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
Sometimes in mysterious ways.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8455110.stm
That's snow joke.
Love the way, being Brits, they decided to support the nose wheel with
crates. Anywhere else in the world they would have hoiked it back
If you want a noisy Vulcan, try the flying testbed for the Olympus II
engine
developed for the Concorde. Just one of those engines was fitted
underneath the belly of the aircraft. When they lit that one up it was
louder
than all four of the regular engines. And Concorde had four of those
From: mike wilson
Cotty wrote:
And several stuck to the ground but moving:
http://www.avrovulcan.com/
http://www.xm655.com/
Sometimes in mysterious ways.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/8455110.stm
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 01:59:38PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
If you want a noisy Vulcan, try the flying testbed for the Olympus II
engine
developed for the Concorde. Just one of those engines was fitted
underneath the belly of the aircraft. When they lit that one up it was
louder
than all
On 2010-08-02 12:45, John Francis wrote:
Of course Puff the Magic Dragon (a military version of the DC3,
the C-47, fitted with a pair of 7.62 mini guns with a rate of fire of up to
6000 rounds per minute) [...]
Puffs were a bit better armed that that ... two 7.62 mini guns at
something like
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 12:45 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
We get a lot of Chinook helicopters flying over here too, and they are also
unmistable and very loud. You can feel the pounding in your chest long
before you can see them, or even hear them for that matter - some sort of
One chopper sounds pretty much like any other to me. When I was in
Viet Nam, I flew around in F-4s. Now, they did indeed have a
distinctive sound, especially with the afterburner on for quick
take-off. Made it hard to hear the hum of the rotors. G
Dan
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Adam
[...]
The Chinook gunships never did play a large role in Vietnam as only 4 were
ever built, only 3 ever made it to Vietnam and they only were actively
used
for a couple years early in the war (Late 65 through mid-68). They were
very
heavuly armed though. The main use of the Chinook in
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's. They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound
exactly like that, with a much deeper and slower version of the Huey's
classic whop-whop sound.
I've probably never heard
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
[...]
The Chinook gunships never did play a large role in Vietnam as only 4 were
ever built, only 3 ever made it to Vietnam and they only were actively
used
for a couple years early in the war (Late 65 through mid-68). They
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's. They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound
exactly like that, with a much deeper and
Adam Maas wrote:
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's. They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound
exactly like that,
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 4:25 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com
wrote:
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's.
From: Doug Franklin
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's. They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound
exactly like that, with a much deeper and slower version of the Huey's
classic whop-whop sound.
Thanks Cotty.
John in Brisbane
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On 2/8/10, John Coyle, discombobulated, unleashed:
Is the Vulcan
On 2010-08-02 21:12, John Sessoms wrote:
The UH-60 has a very quiet rotor system by comparison, with no
distinctive beat.
Not really a beat, the way the UH-1 has that unmistakable THWOP that
hits you in the chest, and even the AH-1 Cobra has it, to an extent. But
the UH-60 has a distinctive
On 2010-08-02 15:54, Adam Maas wrote:
During Vietnam there were 3-4 different helicopters of this basic
configuration in service with the US Army and US Navy/Marine Corps.
Like the Piasecki H-21 Flying Banana, that goes back to around the
time of the Korean War, probably a little bit after.
On 2010-08-02 15:59, Adam Maas wrote:
You'll often hear the UH-1 rotor sound
dubbed into movies for machines that sound nothing like a UH-1 in
reality.
Yeah, my favorite is the little Robinson 200 (?) whirlygigs (traffic
copters) dubbed with the THWOP of a UH-1. Obviously done by someone
On 2010-08-02 16:25, mike wilson wrote:
Knock yourself out. They all seem to be doing logging and other heavy
lifting duties in Canada, these days.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bell+214aq=f
Sounds like someone put windmill vanes on a UH-1. :-)
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On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Doug Franklin
On 2010-08-02 14:47, Adam Maas wrote:
If you want a really distinctive sound though, nothing matches the
Bell 214's. They're a Huey on a serious case of steriods and sound
exactly like that,
On 8/2/10, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote:
Oh, I know. In those days I was working in Reading, on the top floors of
the Butts centre. That's right underneath the flight path from Heathrow
if, as was customary, take-off was to the west. So we used to hear the
Concorde with the
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
On 2010-08-02 21:12, John Sessoms wrote:
The UH-60 has a very quiet rotor system by comparison, with no
distinctive beat.
Not really a beat, the way the UH-1 has that unmistakable THWOP that hits
you in the
On 7/31/2010 11:45 AM, Bob W wrote:
Airbuses (Airbi?) always look as if they're about to fall out of the sky.
Either NatGeo or Disco(very) indicated that A380 was probably the
largest passenger jet speaking bipedal apes can build given their
current state of development...
Boris
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On 7/31/2010 8:59 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
Works well if a teeny bit soft - don't know whether that's the lens, my
inability to focus manually or a bit of shake / movement. Of course, on the
Micro 4/3 system it's equivalent to 270mm. I'll get round to doing some
controlled tests one day.
I
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
Bob W wrote:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000248.html
that's easily the best shot of the set
Bob's right, that's a stunner!
Indeed!
cheers,
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On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/31/2010 11:45 AM, Bob W wrote:
Airbuses (Airbi?) always look as if they're about to fall out of the sky.
Either NatGeo or Disco(very) indicated that A380 was probably the largest
passenger jet speaking bipedal apes
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Chris Mitchell
chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
Karin got a nice bit of foreground interest in this one during the Red
Arrows' display:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000248.html
Stunning shot, well done.
dave
That was taken with the
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On 31/7/10, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides
On 31/7/10, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000263.html
Nice shots!
When did you go to Farnborough? I presume Sat or Sun? I was
Just thought it would be worth sharing this purely for interest.
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000263.html
Works well if a teeny bit soft - don't know whether
Bob W wrote:
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Just thought it would be worth sharing this purely for interest.
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http
Cotty wrote:
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On 31/7/10, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk
Bob W wrote:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000248.html
that's easily the best shot of the set
Bob's right, that's a stunner!
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The Airbus movement and manual focus/hold looks pretty good to me.
Karin got an absolutely iconic image. Wonderful shot!!
Jack
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Really like the second shot.
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Karin's shot is fantastic, but your Airbus shot is nothing to scoff at either.
I think Karin should check into selling her photo to the airshow managers for
their use in a brochure for next year's show.
stan
On Jul 31, 2010, at 12:59 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
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I really like Karin's shot. Not your typical airshow shot but works very well.
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Just thought it would be worth sharing this purely for interest.
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380
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Just thought it would be worth sharing this purely for interest.
Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the
Farnborough airshow last weekend.
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000263.html
Works well if a teeny bit soft - don't know whether that's the
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