Aluminum Overcast [was: Long Distance Flights Cook-Up]

[Will]

Cliff,

Those were great shots of Aluminum Overcast.  The sound file reminded me how QUIET a B-17 is - Sally-B was at Bournemouth Air Show this year.  A single Merlin is unbelievably more noisy, say in a Spitfire, I assume because it has open exhausts where the turbo-superchargers on those radials must give some form of silencing!
A couple of years ago we were passing my parent's local church when the guests at a posh and presumably RAF wedding came out.  It seemed they were waiting for the photos when with a CATACLYSMIC ROAR the BBMF Lancaster came over the church at under 100 ft, dropped DOWN into the valley and climbed away - we were level with it at that point (the church is on a slight hill) and I can assure you being a few hundred feet from full throttle unsilenced 6000hp makes you grin like an idiot.

Happy New Year All!

Will

[cliff strachan]

Glad you licked the B17 shots Will. Your remarks concerning the difference in sound deserves further scrutiny.Generally, the sound of an aircraft is one, if not of actual aircraft recognition, a source of at least the type of aircraft. Thought the photos would prove interesting to modellers.
Cliff.