Proper WW2 warplane music from a proper British metal band:
https://youtu.be/AChr3jLFhnc?si=48BA4-h4ELj5_tbE
Up the Iron's!
https://www.google.com/search?q=bomben+auf+england&oq=bomben+auf+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEC4YgAQyBggCEEUYOTIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhgeMggIDBAAGBYYHjIICA0QABgWGB4yCAgOEAAYFhge0gEINzU5M2owajeoAgCwAgA&client=ms-android-xiaomi-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:104316ad,vid:78ZbTDG-TwU,st:0
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7HjyPIjcw4
Or for a faster warbird:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BHsetn-lhYo
for something completely different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prLLqu3i-nc
I have known at least two ravens who would clearly qualify for having fun with outdoor trains. (They would not destroy for territorial reasons... but might be considerably more destructive in what they considered 'playing' until you taught them acceptable manners...)
Edgar Allen Poe said it best:
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore".
Do the trains resemble giant worms to them?
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
It wasn't attacking trains, but...
I was visiting Deshler at the end of June, watching trains, of course.
Those present heard a distinctive drone approaching, and soon spotted a large, four engine prop job coming in from the NNW. I'm not a plane expert, so had no idea, but one of those at the park had a plane app on his phone and soon announced that it was the B-29 "Fifi."
Impressive, to say the least. Imagine dozens of them passing overhead...
As a punctuation mark, a biplane soon flew over in the same direction.
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Glad to see this thread resurrected. So, Bruce, Iron Maiden's frontman is a pilot...everything from 747 to Fokker Triplane. He was delighted to visit the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome and sit in our Triplane. Once the new owners fix the forum so you can post a picture without nonsense I refuse to deal with, I'll show you the shot.
Mike
I love the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome! Is that Morgan 3-wheeler still there?
tree68It wasn't attacking trains, but... I was visiting Deshler at the end of June, watching trains, of course. Those present heard a distinctive drone approaching, and soon spotted a large, four engine prop job coming in from the NNW. I'm not a plane expert, so had no idea, but one of those at the park had a plane app on his phone and soon announced that it was the B-29 "Fifi." Impressive, to say the least. Imagine dozens of them passing overhead... As a punctuation mark, a biplane soon flew over in the same direction.
My condo in Jacksonville is due East of the main runway for NAS Jacksonville. Every other year the Blue Angels put on thier show at NAS Jacksonville, alternate years they put it on at NAS Mayport over on the beaches side of Duval County.
My first experience with the Blue Angels at the condo, I was sleeping after working third trick - four of the planes in formation made a pass at about 500 feet - right down the condo driveway - that will wake you right up!
With the noise the Blue Angels generate with their 6 participating aircraft, I can only imagine what Baghdad sounded like on the first days of the Gulf War - not only the sound of the war planes but the anti-aircraft fire being aimed at the war planes.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
These may be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m6gpV4as_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTaddev6KQ
I apologize if these have been previously posted.
tree68 It wasn't attacking trains, but... I was visiting Deshler at the end of June, watching trains, of course. Those present heard a distinctive drone approaching, and soon spotted a large, four engine prop job coming in from the NNW. I'm not a plane expert, so had no idea, but one of those at the park had a plane app on his phone and soon announced that it was the B-29 "Fifi." Impressive, to say the least. Imagine dozens of them passing overhead... As a punctuation mark, a biplane soon flew over in the same direction.
Definitely. A few years back DuPage Airport hosted a B 24 and a B 25. Impressive as they flew over my house.
About 25 years ago, I was coming home from work on the Friday before Memorial Day. I was stopped at a light when I heard a droning roar. I looked up and there were 5 planes flying in formation. A B17, B24, B25, B29 and a Super Constellation. Hearing 18 Wright radials screaming made me tingle. I thought back to WW2 and wondered how those thousand bomber raids must've sounded. It was the weekend of the Willow Run Airshow that brought them to Detroit.
Doing a bit of rivet counting here: That was 14 Wright radials and 4 P&W radials... The B-24 used Twin Wasps. That doesn't change the fact that 18 radials will still make quite the joyful noise.
Hegewisch is under the approach to Runway 31/13 at Midway. I can still remember the sounds of DC-7's, Constellations, Viscounts (they whistled), 4-0-4's and others on their final approach over our roof.
A newly posted video from WWII US Bombers reviews tactics and effectiveness of P47 Thunderbolts against German rail transport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDShOjpWm4
ORNHOOA newly posted video from WWII US Bombers reviews tactics and effectiveness of P47 Thunderbolts against German rail transport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDShOjpWm4
Just like everything else - tricks of the trade improve results.
This forum is averaging two posts a day. Time for the fat lady to sing...
BackshopThis forum is averaging two posts a day. Time for the fat lady to sing...
SNAFU for the past six or seven months. Then they starve the hamsters every weekend and they can't keep the server operating.
ORNHOOA newly posted video from WWII US Bombers reviews tactics and effectiveness of P47 Thunderbolts
VERY interesting video, but what really piqued my interest was just by listening to the narrator his youth was very obvious. Which is a good thing!
I'm sure I've said it before but i'll say it again now, just like the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War World War Two is rapidly approaching legendary status and if this video is any indication it'll be studied for decades if not centuries to come. And that's a good thing.
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