[TXnMA]

When I went to the C-54 startup video, I ran across another at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70CjsIbLwU0

That was a 16-minute collection of startups, takeoffs and flybys of a dozen or so radial-engine warbirds, including Bearcaat, Hellcat, Corsair, Corsair 2, A-20, B-24, & B-17 -- and ending with a "missing man" formation flyby of four AT-6 Texans.

Brought back lots of fond memories. I grew up right across the road from Ellington AAC Airbase during WWII -- and then moved just east of the approach to the N-S runway after it became Ellington AFB.

I spent many happy hours on the lawn, watching dogflights -- and wore out a couple pairs of cheap field glasses (and innumerable screen doors) running out whenever a new-sounding A/C flew over...

Like all on this thread, I still love and recognize the sound of a radial -- or a big Vee...

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[TXnMA]

While I was at that "startups" vid, I noticed this one on startup, takeoff, cruise and landing of the B-36:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1-urTRxeEM

Not bad; it's from the movie, "Strategic Air Command". Obviously filmed at Ft Worth's Carswell AFB / Convair -- where my F-I-L worked on the B-36 (and many other warplanes)...

Too bad the Hollywood dummies buried the "outboard across the lake hum" of those six big pushers at contrail altitude -- with theme music. :-{

But, you can hear a bit of it on takeoff...

Not too bad, though -- especially seeing all those beautiful beasts lined up along the Carswell taxiways...

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[linMcHlp]

“running out whenever a new-sounding A/C flew over” ditto