DeTomaso Mailing List: June 99, Message #185

  Have you ever listened hard to an old twin Beech take off? Kind of
reminds me of an airborne Harley.You can hear the induvidual cylinders
fire.  Al.

moseleya@pacbell.net wrote:

> "Shane F. Ingate" wrote:
>
> > True :) But I get REALLY emotional when I hear P-38s, Corsairs,
> > any Grumman with a radial or Wright R2800, B-29, etc, etc.  Modern
> > jets are just "ho-hum" by comparison.
>
> I agree with you on the old planes, and most of the jets.  I was the
> same way until the first time I heard the TEB hit a J-58....  Now
> there is a motor....The "top fueler" of Jets!!??  Set one of those on
> full burner, listen to the cacophony and witness the pulse cones.....
> nothing ho-hum there.
>
> Any mechanical device that strains to extricate itself from its
> moorings has got to get your emotions up.
>
> Rick
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