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moonlight

Flyin' to fund my fishin'
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I was in ASE the other day on a drop off, and was standing on the ramp as a X took off. It made a loud, rhythmic popping noise as it accelerated down the runway, and I thought I was watching a jet shuck a motor. In talking to another pilot, he mentioned that he'd heard it before there at ASE, but only from X's. Anyone else heard this or know what is the underlying reason for it?
 
I have several friends who fly X's, and I'm told the APU's are wont to burp. That's probably the sound you were hearing.
 
I have several friends who fly X's, and I'm told the APU's are wont to burp. That's probably the sound you were hearing.


I'm usually pretty good at figuring out what people are trying to say in their miss-types, but you've got me scratching my head on this one.
 
It wasn't a mis-type.

wont


Pronunciation: \ˈwȯnt, ˈwōnt also ˈwənt, ˈwänt\
Function:adjective
1 : accustomed, used <got up early as he is wont to do>
2 : inclined, apt <revealing as letters are wont to be — Gladys M. Wrigley>
 
He was just speaking "The Queen's English"...as he is wont to do. ;)

TC
 
Apu

It was definitely the APU compressor stalling. Has happened to us at ASE and other high altitude airports.
 
I was there the other day. What was the tail number? If it was one of XOJET's X's it wasn't the APU. It should have been off before takeoff... Would make sense that it could have been the APU.
 

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