Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most engine have a characteristic sound.. My two and a half year old daughter can now differientiate between a few aircraft and clearly recognises a CF6 engine. simon jessurun > Walker, > There is nothing else that sounds like a Rolls Royce Merlin engine, not > even the license built Allisons sound like one. Likewise a Wasp radial > engine has its unique melody. When one of them coughs to life and ever > so slowly evens out you can believe that the engine knows it is carrying > death and destruction and only reluctantly bears that burden. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Walker Smith > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 12:17 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Be prepared!! > > A fine shot with a great "feel" to it! Sometimes the best shots come > from less-than-the-best equipment. > > Almost 20 years ago I saw the "Battle of Britain" Memorial Flight put on > > an air show with the Hurricane, Spitfire, Mosquito and Lancaster Bomber. > > It was a fine demonstration and I especially liked it because my uncle > was detached from US forces early in the war to fly recconisance > missions for the Brits in the Mosquito and/or Spitfire. (He was a P-38 > pilot) He earned his RAF Wings as well as his US Wings and was > authorized to wear both simultaniously. One of very few so honored with > most having been members of the "Eagle Squadron", American citizens who > flew for the RAF and later transferred to US forces when we got into the > > fight. > > True story: I was a member of a shooting club while stationed in England > > back in the mid-1980's. One Sunday afternoon we were in the clubhouse - > the old WW2 RAF Nissan hut "Scramble Shack" used by the RAF fighter > pilots and moved from RAF Martlesham Heath to club property - when a > plane flew over. My friend, a WW2 British vet, immediately said "If I > didn't know better, I'd say that was a Spitfire"! We rushed outside and > it was indeed a Spitfire. 40 years after the war and he still knew the > sound it made instantly. > > Walker Smith > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information