Shawn,

I was in Korea in '96-'97, when were you there. I was a maintenance test
pilot for oh-58's. I use to do my engine performance checks at 10,000'. Why?
Because I could. Anyway the A-10s would almost always come check me out. It
was pretty cool. They'd be close enough to wave at each other. One time the
guy help up a piece of paper that said "Happy Easter".

And boy does that A-10 30 mm rock. We have a range some 4 miles from my
airfield on Camp Atterbury. We can hear that cannon from our building. It is
pretty cool to watch. You can see the at a high angle climb and then snap it
over, THEN you hear the cannon. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

The mini gun on the task force MH-60K is pretty impressive too.

Fred


"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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The A-10 doesn't have burners, but that gun does sound awfully cool! The
engines sound pretty neat, too, as they buzz rather then shriek like most
jets. We had them at Osan AB in Korea when I was there and I got to see
them on the gunnery range once. Most impressive!

Shawn
"Tom Hyslip" wrote in message
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I would have to say an A-10 "warthog" coming in for close ground support
with the 30mm vulican cannon blazing. Then hitting the afterburners on
the
pull out.

Amazing, and I sure wouldn't want to be on the recieving end of the 30mm
cannon.


"DeltaDeltaDelta" wrote in message
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This came to mind when I heard a RAF VC-10K overflying my house at
some
1000
feet AGL at full steam. What a sound! The VC-10 both looks and sounds
powerful. Also, the piston Yak-52 I heard a few days
ago...unbelievable,
such a powerful and awe inspiring sound. The only thing I regret is
never
hearing a DC-6 at full throttle; watching a documentary on ConAir
firefighting services today (on Discovery Science) I heard one pilot
remark
that those 76 cylinders at full power sound 'like a Hell's Angels
funeral'.

Triple Delta