Ferg;
What a bright spot in my day. My hats off to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Brown
Fergus Kyle wrote:
>
> Why I miss the old DH Beaver ---
>
> We gotta get rid of 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 are not 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 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 the flight.
>
> Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns. Round engines
> 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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