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Re: Yes they are, thank you...
Posted by Rich on Fri Oct 18, 2002 05:16:12 AM
In reply top Yes they are, thank you... posted by Jim who loves big noisy aircraft engines on Fri Oct 18, 2002 01:01:26 AM
couldnt agree more! But go to flying Legends at Duxford and you wont hear a jet all day!.
I remember one day I was at Duxford at about 730 in the morning on a lovely still summer day and the P47 and a P40 were starting up to leave to go to an airshow. The guys had some problems with the P40 so the P47 took off on its own. It spent some 15 minutes cicling the airfield on its own with no other noise around (waiting for the P40)- it was a sound that will stick with me for ever - magical!
On your other point, living about 10 miles from East Mids airport, I sometimes hear one of Air Atlantic's DC6's taking off on a freight flight at about midnight! - another magical sound especially when loaded!!