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

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

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