Pure P-51 Mustang engine howling sound
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He's got a turbo on that..
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DId anyone else get a chill down their spine with every flyby? I know I did.
There is no sound like that of a Rolls Royce/Packard Merlin.
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@rampking1 with you on that one, its effectively the same as when you blow across the top of a milk bottle. but it is the guns that the wind is blowing across instead
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@bustabusts And i am a astronaut and i was in apollo 12
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@UKVoodooUK Thanks. Makes sense as you do not hear this sound on racing P-51's at the Reno Air Races.
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@rampking1 I was told directly by Maurice Hammond at Breighton in the UK that the howl is indeed caused by the empty gun ports and the change of angle the air flows over them as G is loaded onto the wings, and he should know he owns "Janie" and "Marinell" :)
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@TheFordsforme I hear ya! Thought I was the only one! lol
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I don't know...but I would be scared like hell with a sound like that above me...reminds me of the sound the Ju87 makes while diving
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Major Teruhiko Kobayashi, famed Imperial Japanese Army Air Force ace, said that the Kawasaki Ki-61 "Hien" (Swallow), and the Nakajima Ki-84 "Hayate" (Gale) howl (or, howled) the same way as the P-51; all three with ventrally-mounted radiatior intakes, and adjustable cooling vents.
the howling sound is coming form the air intake not the gun ports. there is a flap on the back of the air-intake on the bottom of the plane. you can only hear form behind. unless it is low to the ground.
I work with the P-51s in NY
bustabusts 4 months ago 5
Actually I read this sound was caused by the gun port cut-outs for the 50 cal. on P-51's restored in full WWII status. Not caused by the engine.
rampking1 4 months ago 2