Big Yellow Biplane
I live north of Blackbushe and this afternoon saw a large-ish biplane heading north towards WOD.. Painted all yellow, with an enclosed cockpit and retractable u/c. Sounded like a hefty engine too. Never seen one like it before so anyone any ideas please?
Many thanks. |
Beech Staggerwing ?? This one tootles all over the place, think it is based in the UK.
Beech Staggerwing Serial No.147 |
Made one hell of a noise, although surpassed a short while later by an RAF jet departing Farnborough!
I only got a rear view of the bi-plane sadly :( |
Thanks very much guys - that was it! Nice aeroplane.
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That radial sound
I know of no more authoritative sound in the cosmos than a medium-to-large radial engine in cruise. My fave is the Wasp Jr. with a Hamilton Standard prop - the one you just enjoyed!
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*cough* Merlin ... *cough* :O sorry, couldn't resist.
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barit1 said.......
"I know of no more authoritative sound in the cosmos than a medium-to-large radial engine in cruise. My fave is the Wasp Jr. with a Hamilton Standard prop - the one you just enjoyed!" Aviate 1138 muses..... Having been lucky enough to get 20+ hours in the left seat of a North American B-25 around California and Oregan and Washington States I can honestly say that my ears are still singing 20 years later! The sound outside may be stirring and the chest cage throbbing from the flight deck reassuring but a little less volume would have made the flights even more acceptable than they turned out to be. I think it was the prop tips slicing away inches from one's left ear! Wright R-2600 Cyclones - never to be forgotten! What a beautiful aircraft to fly with no bombs or ammo affecting performance. The other wonderful sound was the late evening drone of a Varsity around 10,000 feet over the Malverns with its Centaurus radials burbling away for absolutely ages whilst lying on newly mown hay bales. :) Ah! Nostalgia! Aviate 1138 |
*cough* Merlin ... *cough* Ah, what a Staggerwing aewoplane, definitely on the shopping list when I'm wich and infamous... |
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