Display MoreSounds Like a "Sterman" and that was a W.W. 2 Trainer and had a Big Engine, and I flew them in the Late 1940s !
Did They look like this ?
http://www.ranch26bar.com/STEARMAN.html
Bill
Yep, that's it, Bill.
Posts from Stumpy in thread „Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)“
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There's no mistaking the drone of those four big engines.
I used to really enjoy the sound of those reciprocating engines on the old prop-driven aircraft. For several years following WW2, my step-dad was a crop duster (he was a fighter pilot flying P-51s in the European theater during the war), a job that scared my mom so much she finally made him quit. But while he was still flying, I used to hang around the airfield watching him take off and land.
As a "duster", he flew one of those old biplanes and I'll have to admit, a lot of the stunts he pulled were pretty scary. I went up with him a few times and when he'd go into a loop or a roll, I almost lost breakfast. :teeth_smile:
