On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 05:39:36PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: > On 10/24/07, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, the B-25 only had 28 cylinders, while the Lancaster had 48. But it > > always > > seemed that the radials sort of rumbled while the v-12's sort of snarled. > > The > > one that always sent shivers up my spine was the Beech 18 (C-45) throttled > > back > > with the 9 cyl P&W R-985 engines slightly out of sync. > > I'd have loved to have heard a B17 at full throttle. Chances of that > are pretty slim these days...
They have the throttles pretty much wide open during take-off, so all you need to do is get to one of the airshows where a B-17 will be flying. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
