Garry Russell wrote:If it's a Victor Mk.1 it's not Conways
It's saphires
much noisier as I recall
Garry
Spot on Garry.I'd completely forgotten that fact ,and I'm
supposed to be an aviation buff .
Well BT,I've also got a pretty good early turbo-jet sound file.
I think I got it from simviation.I'll have a squint for it, but if I can't find and link it for you,then you know the routine and I'll send it to you.
Mark :-({|=
You could see him thinking "Bleedin'pilots,don't know nuffin.All glammer" He's probably right.
A/C.2 Webber,Manston,1941,First Light by Geoff Wellum.
What is almost impossible to understand now is that at the time of their launch the likes of the Spey and Conway were consider quiet compared to what they replaced.
I think the improvement was the ears ached instead of bled, but the Spey and Conway were what was then callleed by pass jets now known as turbofans rather than the earlier turbojets.
They were full of wonderment then of the new types of jets that were a lot more efficient and as a bonus quieter.
Garry
Garry
"In the world of virtual reality things are not always what they seem."
Yeh,I know what you mean.I think their by-pass ratio's were only
around 4:1,still loads of whistle and hiss .
These modern fans have more in common
with a turbo-prop or ducted-fan.
I can remember Caravelles going over from MIA(Ringway!!) back when I was nipper in the '60(we've always lived in or around Congleton-under the old flight path) and the racket from them was appalling even when they were at around 15,000'.
Mark :-({|=
You could see him thinking "Bleedin'pilots,don't know nuffin.All glammer" He's probably right.
A/C.2 Webber,Manston,1941,First Light by Geoff Wellum.
That is possibly the most eerie and haunting sound I've heard in a long time. Its like a cross between a horror movie dramatic chord and a 60's B-movie flying saucer.