Best-soundin planes

[crash-proof]

Hi there, another "best of" thread...

Hands down, the sweetest noise goes to the old geared lycoming 480's, like the ones in t-bones and queenairs. Makes my skin goosebump.... them things are LOUD!

Runners up:
* All radials, especially big ones like P&W R-2800, or the geared 1820's
* Loud 0-360s 4-bangers like the old Seneca's sound cool
* Big turboprops - hercules


NO JETS!!!

 

[chawbein]

P-47

 

[aero99]

Space shuttle when landing.

 

[bigD]

I like anything with a lot of throbbing bass in it, so radials are always on my list. If it's piston, of course the more displacement the better.

 

[jetexas]

P-51, hands Down.

 

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

The best sounding airplane? The one I'm flying of course .
Either the P-51 or DC-3. Actually just about any WWII era bird. Fun survey/question.

 

[BradG]

P-51

Runners up--- anything with a Radial, Baron, Old lears

 

[FL000]

B-17, B-29. Thank God some survived long enough for me to hear them in my lifetime. Actually, with all that were produced, I'm surprised their aren't at least a few more in service.

 

[crash-proof]

OK I said no jets before, but you know what?

The old G-IIs with no hush kits were awesome!!!!
We lived in DC mid-80s and whenever one would take off from Reagan airport the windows would threaten to shatter, I kid you not!

That was before stage II, III, IV....sigh Now you can barely hear em at all...

 

[ShawnC]

Well for me its the sound of silence, when I am up there, there are times when all I want to hear is the wind rushing over the aircraft, an engine is just too much noice.