F-4 with burners kicked in.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

yep... thanks for reminding me about the sound of the "poppin' johnny"!  my dad farmed when I was a kid and I always loved to play on the old John Deere...  whenever I see an old JD, it makes me wish I could afford to have and restore one!!

and Tim, thanks for the funny word picture of the typical vette owner!!...this is the first time I have ever typed the following on the computer, but I just had to "LOL" at that!!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

I'm a radial man myself but a Merlin at full T/O power always makes the hair on my neck stand at attention.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Roger the F-4 with burners.They sent shivers down my back after they dumped their load and lit the burners.Just think how that sound affected Charlie.

And Tim I agree about the Merlins,but I'm particularly fond of the B-17.I grew up on a farm that was in the takeoff path of Chanute Air Force base in the 40s and 50s so I got to watch and hear a whole bunch of different planes and the B-17 is the one that still today sounds like a bomber should sound.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

Okay...I can't let this slip by. I was stationed at Amarillo AFB in the mid sixties. We had a SAC Wing of B-52's and KC135 Refuelers. The runway was 3 miles long. My barracks was at the end of the lift off end about a 1/4 mile or so. When SAC called for a full scale alert, you could hear the moan of the 52's running up and heading for the runway. 12 in a row at full roar and rumble just making it off the ground I swear within inches of the end of the runway. I can remember laying in bed vibrating on the floor, damn near willing each of the bombers off the ground as the ground shook and all the windows would rattle. The AF at Amarillo also did B52 pilot training and watching some of the touch and go practices sitting in a 5000 gal. fuel truck on the flight line was scary. The wings had a built in flex of 36 feet at the wing tip so watching some of the bombers banging down on the tires and flopping the wings during practices was unnerving. Every once and awhile a hot shot National Guard F4C would buzz the place and come in low, then head straight up with the burners on. Impressive. Navy National Guard crew chief accidently jettisoned a drop tank on the flight line one afternoon while we were refueling it. Burned up two F4's and the power unit, plus crumbling all the concrete under the planes. The guy fueling the aircraft just took off running and left the fuel rig there. Luckily it didn't explode.

57 Black Tbird 312/auto

Exciting times,weren't they?

And I can't imagine what it was like to live under the takeoff path of the BUFs.LOUD and SMOKY!!!!

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

  Feistritzer's  Hurricane coming by your left window @6500!  An early 50's GMC two stroke diesel.... working.

 ANY big prewar radial Aircraft.

Similar to the inline chevy six, an early Jag XK120 thru the E types. Maybe the best though is a 12 cylinder Ferrari with open headers on a race course, at night.

My Norton, or my three cylinder Triumph.

 Or the absolute blood curding scream of a ten grand small block Ford in an NHRA comp class.

Last, a sound you'll never hear again, 4-1600 Hp Fairbanks Morse Submarine diesels at flank speed, again on a quiet night or the sound of a big Locomotive steam engine pulling a grade in the Alleghenies.     Tim, that's what "Hair Shirts" were for.

    

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

who knew a "rant" would turn in to a review of history!

THANKS (its not said enough) to all who have served and those who still serve our great country!!

this place always reminds me of the respect my elders are due... and those who are just plain smater than me!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

One of my favourites...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU&playnext_from=TL&videos=bO-s5q-_KWk


Hyvinkää, FI

My favorite noise is the generator at work. I know what your thinking a generator? Well this beast is a Cat v16, 4 turbos, and 2880 HP at 1800 rpm. That sucker makes some noise

WTB 1955 Courier emblems    Mark, Jefferson City Missouri