As the link says, the sound is incredible. Play it on something better than tiny desktop speakers if you can. Something where you can have at least some bass.
Posts: 7485 | Location: Dallas | Registered: August 04, 2011
I often wonder what a formation of 50+ B-17’s must have sounded like during WWII…
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
Love the sound of the B-25 in particular. Love to be around when they start up. Used to be the best part for me when Collings foundation visited. Probably because my dad had some B-25 time in WW II.
Originally posted by erj_pilot: I often wonder what a formation of 50+ B-17’s must have sounded like during WWII…
My grandfather said it was really loud, but he was inside of one when they were getting ready to roll for takeoff and while in formation. He said the formation really broke up over the channel, so there were fewer when landing so he never really heard the full group from outside the plane.
The "Boz"
Posts: 1558 | Location: Central Ohio, USA | Registered: May 29, 2010
Those vintage engines, radials in particular, sound like nothing produced today. We have a warbird museum about 10 miles due south of us and when the wind is out of the south, they always seem to turn right over us to line up.
The one that sends shivers down my spine is always the Merlin engines, Mustang or Spitfires. I always thought it was interesting how I can usually tell if it is a Spitfire or a Mustang because that same engine sounds a bit different in each plane. And I don't believe it's the licence produced Packard Merlin that's making the difference. Maybe the exhaust manifolds?This message has been edited. Last edited by: 83v45magna,
Posts: 7485 | Location: Dallas | Registered: August 04, 2011
Originally posted by bozman: I would guess the props make a huge difference in the sound. The props on those 2 aircraft, from what I remember, were very different.
They are and I'll bet you are right.
Posts: 7485 | Location: Dallas | Registered: August 04, 2011
Merlins have a nice sound but in my opinion the best sounding WWII fighter is the P-38. Of the round engine planes, I like the sound of the B=24 and B-17 the best.
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