saracenstump Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Funnily enough - I got dragged over to North Weald market by the wife on Sat and - whilst sitting in the car wondering why women love shopping - got jerked into reality by the sound of a Merlin. Seconds later a PR - Mk 9 I think - Spitfire (blue all over) roared low overhead, turned into the circuit and landed. A lovely reminder of what life must have been like back in the late Thities and Forties when North Weald was an active fighter station and a great comparison to the sounds of the Yak and pair of Jet Provosts that had been operating all day. It has to be said - Rolls Royce engines, be they in aircraft or MV's are a joy to hear!!! that would be the one we got for one of our dedications at the fort!he also owns a p51 and a p40 lucky man!!!!!http://www.hangar11.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Thats the one Stuart - he is indeed a luck man!! The sound of the Merlin passing overhead made all the light types taking off afterwards sound like rattley old sewing machines!! Fuuny - some years ago the wife and I went to the London-Brighton veteran car run; we saw some old 30's Bentley gos past and compared to the sound of them the Ferraris that followed sounded like the same rattley old sewing mchines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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