At an air show I was nearby when they started a P47. At an idle it had quite a rhythmic rumble that was pleasing but on the other hand it was shaking the ground, me, and the air around me....HA
“At an air show I was nearby when they started a P47. At an idle it had quite a rhythmic rumble that was pleasing but on the other hand it was shaking the ground, me, and the air around me...”
Beat me to it. Nothing like the soothing chuckle of a big round motor at idle.
The sound of an AD-1 Skyraider in a dive can wake the dead.
My hubby used to work in a a few airplane hangers down from the owner of the P-51 Pegasus which is now Wile Child. Bill Spears used to own it, who passed away at a Reno air race many years ago. He used to fly all them (he had 2 p-51s) the time, just loved to hear him fly over the hangar. Heck had a chance to go up and fly with him, turned it down. Sorry I did that.