Best-soundin planes

[empenage]

Yea Baby! Yea!
The Mark XVI Spit with the Packard-Built Roll-Royce Merlin. Sea Fury, P-51, T-6, F4U,Stearman, F6F, B-25, Mark XIVc Rolls-Royce Griffon, P-38!

 

[bobbysamd]

Best-sounding aircraft

I grew up very near an AF base and not far from our large municipal airport, so I got to hear plenty of great-sounding aircraft.

I'd say nearly any multi-engine radial. I heard plenty of C-47s. Also heard RC-121s and C-54s (I think - could have been C-118s). Also heard and saw others, such as C-119s. Then, when I was a college student, I traveled through ORD quite a bit. I remember sitting in a 727 waiting for takeoff when a C-124 Globemaster took off. I could hear the roar of its four radials inside the 727!

Last summer a beautiful natural aluminum B-17 spent a few days here. I saw it while running an errand for work downtown and then as it flew over my house. No mistaking its radials!

Then, when I was living in OKC, someone brought in a P-51. There was something particularly exciting about that Merlin!

I agree with the above about the sound a 1900 makes when you throw it into beta. That's cool, too.

 

[RJones]

All the planes listed make a great sound! I happen to think the neatest sound is when a -10 powered Mu-2b is starting up and the Single Redline Limiter is kicked in (SRL) -- woosh - woosh - woosh eeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

RJ

 

[DC-3TP]

The Cessna 421 Golden Eagle has a nice sound. Sounds good on takeoff and flying over.

 

[Freight Dog]

May sound corny, but I like when a Dash 8 flies overhead...

 

[Crabtree]

Coolest plane

breaking the no jet rule, I saw this fighter at the dayton air show a few years ago. It was doing demonstration. I cant remember what kind it was but I am pretty sure it was a fighter. It was a smaller plane and had a turbine, but no afterburner. When it would he gave it power, it had the coolest hum/whistle.......Anybody know what plane this could be????

 

[dav8or]

Can't imagine anything not radial, not to mention a flat-six, sounding like a harley!

Now i'm curious!

It leaks oil like a harley is what he sould have said.

try this one
http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/merlin.wav

 

[MetroSheriff]

North American T-28 is pretty sweet...

 

[Smoking Man]

?????

I think that Rare Bare running WFO (Wide F!#$!ng Open) would have to be my first choice.

Then the Wistle Pig (F-27) would be next, there is just something about that piercing frontal noise of the RR Dart that just says "I am way bad".

Regards

Smoking Man

 

[BMD]

intruder

Breaking the no jet rule, I'd have to say the A-6. That thing was loud as hell.

 

[wingnutt]

as much as i love to hear a radial (any radial)...

...after crewing the F16's for a few years in the Air Guard, theres still something about being not more than a few hundred yards off the departure end and feeling (note; i did not say hearing) them do a full A/B with a little low transition mixed in. and i wont even talk about what 6 of em doing them all in sequence will do to your brain for the rest of the night

 

[crash-proof]

North American T-28 is pretty sweet...

The wright 1820's make a great sound, not only cause they're the biggest 9-cylinder motors, but on top of that they're geared. The T-28 sounds great, but you gotta listen to an Albatros taking off! You can feel the thumping in your bones. Super DC-3 sounds great too...
And you ever heard the old sikorsky s-58 choppers at full throttle? That is amazing!!!

All geared engines sound good (I agree the golden eagle is cool soundin). I think it's because the prop and engine make 2 different sounds and making it seem like 2 different planes flyin in formation.

 

[bssthound]

F-4 Phantom II

The highlight of my life was flying "Ol' Double Ugly." When I was at the Guard Base and not flying a particular "go" I'd often go outside to feel the burners, thank you Wingnutt, light up and listen to that glorious noise as they quickly became a dot on the horizon. Somewhat nerdish, but we can all appreciate that.

Phantoms Phorever

 

[nosewheel]

L-1011 with the 50,000 lb engines, R-2800, 1830 Pratt or for that matter just about all round engines.

 

[bobbysamd]

No-Jet rule

One time a Blackbird flew over Denver. They say it put out a sonic boom that day. I don't remember that; I do remember that loud noise from the engines!

I always liked the quiet, low rumble of C-5s and C-17s, notwithstanding that C-17s are cool airplanes anyway!

 

[wingnutt]

...and im with the other guy, something about that Huey doin its thing gives me goosebumps also.

about the only military aircraft i dont appreciate hearing is them dang tweety birds, those things whistle too dang loud!

 

[crash-proof]

L-1011 with the 50,000 lb engines, R-2800, 1830 Pratt or for that matter just about all round engines.

A couple of years back when i was in college, broke and with little to do, i would take my friends out at nite to the approach end at hollywood intl airport. We were running like bats outta hell to the approach end from the parking lot, which was about 250 yards away, to meet an oncoming plane. We were all sorta inebriated that they were still running and didn't notice the plane zoomed right over their heads. 2 screamed and fell to the ground. It was an L-1011, Delta. Ah, unforgetable.

They stopped using them here about a year ago. Best thing we got now is the fedex DC-10.

 

[nosewheel]

L-1011

Delta had the smaller engine on there 1011's The RB211-524B-02 puts out BIG THRUST ( about 50,000 lbs )and kicks ass.Now thats a good sound.

 

[crash-proof]

how about the ones from Canada? It's that airline with the blue star on the tail. I forgot the name. They sometimes have tristars operating outta here, but for the most part, they use big airbuses.

Speaking of which, the fedex A300 have a nice sound on the ground, nice whistle sound - are those R&R's?
Takeoff is like any other plane though.

And I would still like to know from you MU-2 drivers, why does the MU-2 put out that strange howling noise when on the ground? The turbo commandrer also did that but to a lesser degree.

 

[TurboS7]

C-185 on floats with a two-blader getting on the step coming off a mountain lake early morning in the mountains. Nothing will beat that...........shezzzzz time for vacation.