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lrob4783(at)bigpond.net.a
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 Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: Turbine/Radials |
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Death to the turbines!
"We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
We need to go back to big round engines.
Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from
"OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after
a while. My PC is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On
some planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to do it.
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small
lady-like poot and start whining louder.
Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click,
BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two,
more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched
roar. We like that. It's a blokey thing. (read guy thing)
When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you
can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is
like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
complacency and inattention.
A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any
minute.
This helps concentrate the mind.
Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's
attention. There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round engined planes smell like God intended flying machines
to smell.
I think I hear the nurse coming down the hall. I gotta go."
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schwartzcompany(at)worldn
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject: Turbine/Radials |
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Besides if we didn't have radials, what would we do with all of those oil
buckets !!!!!
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:50 PM
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Death to the turbines!
"We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
We need to go back to big round engines.
Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from
"OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after
a while. My PC is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On
some planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to do it.
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small
lady-like poot and start whining louder.
Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click,
BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two,
more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched
roar. We like that. It's a blokey thing. (read guy thing)
When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you
can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is
like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
complacency and inattention.
A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any
minute.
This helps concentrate the mind.
Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's
attention. There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round engined planes smell like God intended flying machines
to smell.
I think I hear the nurse coming down the hall. I gotta go."
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viperdoc(at)mindspring.co
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: Turbine/Radials |
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Yep, once you got that Radial Rat'l'n your bones, it's hard to get excited
by a flat 4 or a turbine!
Doc
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From: Lance Robb <lrob4783(at)bigpond.net.au>
To: <yak-list(at)matronics.com>
Date: 6/20/2006 3:02:04 PM
Subject: Turbine/Radials
Death to the turbines!
"We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
We need to go back to big round engines.
Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from
"OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after
a while. My PC is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On
some planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to do it.
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small
lady-like poot and start whining louder.
Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click,
BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two,
more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched
roar. We like that. It's a blokey thing. (read guy thing)
When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you
can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is
like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
complacency and inattention.
A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any
minute.
This helps concentrate the mind.
Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's
attention. There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round engined planes smell like God intended flying machines
to smell.
I think I hear the nurse coming down the hall. I gotta go."
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Frank
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:54 pm Post subject: Turbine/Radials |
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Doc
There's only two kinds of people in this world. Homo's and those of us who
fly with radials.
Frank
Yep, once you got that Radial Rat'l'n your bones, it's hard to get excited
by a flat 4 or a turbine!
Doc
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