Hillsboro Air Show

"Don Homuth" wrote in message
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It was a remarkable aircraft without question. Though to be honest, the
sound of a RR Merlin 12 roaring by still is The sound of a WW2
warbird to me.

The P-51, Spitfire and Hurricane all shared that venerable sound.

Indeed. I'm more of an R-1820 Cyclone fan, myself, but I'd really like to
hear an original Daimler-Benz in a bf109 someday. The one at Evergreen is
considered to priceless to fly (/insure) at this point.

I just plain Love to hear it.

Unfortunately, the general public has a decreasing appreciation for the old
warbirds. Sad thing. There's a Thunderbolt at Tillamook now, though.

-c

Don Homuth wrote:

Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.


Yeah, we Know.

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"gatt" wrote:

"Don Homuth" wrote in message
...

It was a remarkable aircraft without question. Though to be honest, the
sound of a RR Merlin 12 roaring by still is The sound of a WW2
warbird to me.

The P-51, Spitfire and Hurricane all shared that venerable sound.

Indeed. I'm more of an R-1820 Cyclone fan, myself, but I'd really like to
hear an original Daimler-Benz in a bf109 someday. The one at Evergreen is
considered to priceless to fly (/insure) at this point.

I just plain Love to hear it.

Unfortunately, the general public has a decreasing appreciation for the old
warbirds. Sad thing. There's a Thunderbolt at Tillamook now, though.

-c

I listen to the sounds all the time on old tapes of the war birds. the
sounds of a 17, 38, 51, Spits etc are so distinctive that you can
identify them easily.

Years ago in California, East Bay, we were standing in the parking lot
of a hotel in Orinda. the UNMISTAKABLE sound of a 17 became apparent
and lo, one appeared overhead in about a minute. One of the great days
of my life.

--
There are two ways to spell Ockham/Occam. Britannica prefers the former.

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:10:58 -0800, Ockham's Razor
wrote:


Years ago in California, East Bay, we were standing in the parking lot
of a hotel in Orinda. the UNMISTAKABLE sound of a 17 became apparent
and lo, one appeared overhead in about a minute. One of the great days
of my life.

The approach to the airport here in Salem comes over the ridge to the
WNW, and the B-24 and B-17 that fly into the area almost yearly often
come right over my place when they're doing their $300/trip events for
the local Tursts and old veterans.

I find the two sounds are hard to tell apart, but the sound of pretty
much Any 4-engined aircraft is mighty similar at that.

One of the Pommy bombers used four RR Merlins, if memory serves. A
friend who was at an airshow there said That was quite the experience.

5-6 years ago or so, came a nice summer day when the B-17 and B-24
flew around Salem, in the company of a nicely restored B-25 *and* a
P-51 that lives nearby as well.

Now *there* was a Treat for the eyes and ears alike!

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:54:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:

Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.

Yeah, we Know.

Ohferchrissakes, Dosser!

What are you On about this time?

The Hawker Hunter is a lovely aircraft, is it not? That one won't be
replaced any time soon, certainly.

Don Homuth wrote:

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:54:32 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:

Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.

Yeah, we Know.

Ohferchrissakes, Dosser!

What are you On about this time?

The Hawker Hunter is a lovely aircraft, is it not? That one won't be
replaced any time soon, certainly.


Yep. And your Very First Thought was for the aircraft. You were the first
to post Anything and made no mention whatsoever about the pilot or the risk
to others. They hadn't even put out the fires and searched the area for
victims before you were Moaning about a chunk of metal. It sorta fits with
your notions of Right and Wrong - or lack of same.

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:34:56 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:


The Hawker Hunter is a lovely aircraft, is it not? That one won't be
replaced any time soon, certainly.

Yep. And your Very First Thought was for the aircraft.

That is correct.

You were the first
to post Anything and made no mention whatsoever about the pilot or the risk
to others.

After the crash, the pilot was dead. No one else was hurt.

What would the point have been?

They hadn't even put out the fires and searched the area for
victims before you were Moaning about a chunk of metal. It sorta fits with
your notions of Right and Wrong - or lack of same.

Heh!

Sometimes when you get on your Moral High Horse, you're more
entertaining than usual, Dosser.

Hold a cold wet cloth under your nose, and the nosebleed should end
within minutes.

Don Homuth wrote:

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:34:56 GMT, Lobby Dosser
wrote:

Don Homuth wrote:


The Hawker Hunter is a lovely aircraft, is it not? That one won't
be replaced any time soon, certainly.

Yep. And your Very First Thought was for the aircraft.

That is correct.

You were the first
to post Anything and made no mention whatsoever about the pilot or the
risk to others.

After the crash, the pilot was dead. No one else was hurt.

What would the point have been?

They hadn't even put out the fires and searched the area for
victims before you were Moaning about a chunk of metal. It sorta fits
with your notions of Right and Wrong - or lack of same.

Heh!

No, correct.


Sometimes when you get on your Moral High Horse, you're more
entertaining than usual, Dosser.

And I'm right.

You just don't give a **** about people. I doubt you'd have had any
objections to firing into a crowd if ordered.

Don Homuth wrote:

It was a remarkable aircraft without question. Though to be honest,
the sound of a RR Merlin 12 roaring by still is The sound of a WW2
warbird to me.

The P-51, Spitfire and Hurricane all shared that venerable sound.

Not directly related but reminds me of an apocryphal story. It's
interesting even if not true (and I suspect it's not). As the story
goes the Rolls-Royce corp started getting inquiries about, "what model
is that RR that passed me going so fast? After getting several
inquiries from all over western Europe they decided it wasn't
somebody's imagination, and RR got curious. Finally they determined
that the thing was out of Switzerland and identified its home. They
sent someone to ask the owner about it. They drove up to what was
literally a castle and parked what was supposedly the same model car
next to the one in question. The first thing they noticed was that the
one causing the ruckus was a couple of feet longer than the standard
model.

Well, they went inside and talked with the owner who assured them,
"Except for a few parts made in my own machine shop, everything on that
car is standard Rolls-Royce parts." As the story goes, the engine was
a Merlin, indeed made by RR.

john smith wrote:

Bad zoning decision.

You got that right.

Nothing against the air show per se, but it's a major disaster just
waiting to happen, having an air show over a populated area that is
growing more and more dense all the time. It was okay when it began,
but times have changed. It needs to be moved.