Was the Guppy responsible for the noisy engine runs last weekend at 5 am in Bournemouth? Sounded like the beast.

Woke me up in Charminster.

Tynes don't make 'noise'. The word is 'sound' dear boy.

Could it be an L188?
 

Well chaps if you have not noticed since the 1st of January this year an Atlantic Airlines Electra night stops at Bournemouth each night.
Monday to Friday morning this aircraft departs at approx 0450 local time down to Jersey with there mail and papers.
On Saturday and Sundays I think it is both days the aircraft goes to Guernsey a little bit later so was this the aircraft that was making the said noise on the day inquestion?

How sad to think that any correspondent to this forum could confuse the sound of a RR Tyne, with its chordant twin spools, the matching descant of its two wheelcases, the purr of the centrifugal breather, the hiss from the long elegant prop blades and the base sounds from the jet pipe - with that stinking little Alison 501, belching smoke, bleeding air and beating the air into submission with those fat little chopped off props.

Perhaps it is lack of practice, any one got any good sound clips?
Be lucky
David
Mr Nineiron so elegantly put, just like the old girl herself.:D:ok::D:ok:
If prune gave literary awards I would nominate you.

I say, steady on. There are some quite good Tyne sounds on some of the video recordings made for the CL44 Association. Not sure if any still available though.The CL44 loadmasters needed to play a recording of four Tynes in order to get to sleep on the rare occasions they made it to a hotel.

Be Kind To Cl44 Loadmasters
 

Ah-so its knock the loadmaster day is it Nineiron?

I always thought that 'Loadmaster in Bunk' was in the After Take off check list old chap.

We certainly did NOT run the Tynes-may have wanted to but too many other important jobs to do.

Yes there ARE some copies of the video for sale
Will I be killed in the rush for 'em?
Nineiron-drop me an email asap-TA

2008 re union dates announced on our website message board

Our webmaster will have splendid picture of the Guardsvan landing at Brooklands soon-ah-more Tynes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nineiron,
I too love the sound of a REAL engine. However at that time of day I classed it as noise (i.e. it woke me up :( ) and lasted about 35 mins!

But glad to hear that the Guppy was not responsible. Though it would be nice to finally hear the sound of her engines.
Sorry......
M.

Come on guys, there's more people, professional and non-professional, out there who are genuinely interested and deeply caring about the two oldies than you probably realise.
Why the secrecy? It's coming up a month since anything was posted here, so why not an update, even if it's not upbeat?! You should be encouraged by the vicarious interest of those who scan here, there's probably more that do than you realise.
So, how about an informed update? Please?

CL44/Nineiron

Whats the latest?

regards

Yorky (fire bottle) Towers:E

Guppy/CL44-O whetever you wanna call her
 

Sorry-Been absent but nice to see Nineiron carrying the mantle!

Difficult circumstances Yorky I'm afraid-it would be nice to report good news and certainly, there is no 'doom n gloom' around.
What I can say is that the Tynes were NOT run.
Best thing to do is to send me a pm-are you working Yorkie?

CL44-'The Sound of Tynes'
 

Now the good news.....................

Soundtrack of Tynes-YES-there are some copies of the Video still available
Includes a REAL start-up at SEN and an approach to Cairo.
And now-even better News.
We have the ORIGINAL CVR of the near-fatal FAA Vne test flight over Claifornia when N447T was in mid flight test program.
The MLG door became detached and embedded itself in the Horiz stab.
The CVR is uncut and 100% genuine. Captain Jim Seymour and the rest of the crew are heard together with the FAA Chase plane and Edwards AFB discussing the enforced landing on the dry river bed.
Want to know how you can hear this?
The CL44 Association has all the answers-AND one of the original crew members will be on hand to talk about the 'happening' at the next Re Union.
Too good to miss!
Hopefully-you all know where the Website is.

Is there any news yet regarding the CL44-O or the Belfast? If they still can't find a prop for the Belfast, maybe they could put a TP400-D6 on instead?

b.t.w. there's a new thread in the Military Aircrew forum on PPRuNe for anyone who flew the Belfast.

The Belfast viewed from Southend terminal appears to have remained untouched so far this year, infomation also confirmred by the spotters.

My comment about the TP400 was, of course, tongue-in-cheek. I did wonder, for a while, whether the Belfast might be used as a flight trials platform for the TP400, but apparently Airbus have contracted Marshalls to do the flight trials using a C-130; http://www.marshallaerospace.com/new...tail.asp?ID=23
So it's obviously just a coincidence that the TP400 project is slipping to the right and the Belfast is still minus one prop and hasn't been attended to lately.

RP-C8020 Short SC5 Belfast C1 - HeavyLift Cargo Airlines
 

RP-C8020 Short SC5 Belfast C1 - HeavyLift Cargo Airlines
http://www.superwombat.com/Cairns2007.htm

G-beps ?
 

Is it ex G-BEPS per chance ?
saw it at San Jose in 1992 & last at EGMC,
happy days

Yep G-BEPS.

Remember her well, clambering out of the cockpit hatch and walking along the top of a wet fuselage, as an 18 year old apprentice.

Long time ago now :}

Major Thread Drift Alert
 

Gentlemen, in case you have forgotten, this is the CL-44 / Swingtail thread. How about you starting your own Belfast / Rolls Royce Tyne ( 512 ) thread and leave us old farts in peace? :)

Well said, but in the absence of positive CL-44 news, the thread is bound to drift!:ooh: