Chunky sounding radial over Lichfield

Post by **st24** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 12:55 pm

Seen with naked eye heading roughly W-E to the North. Russian sounding but not convinced it was a Yak...?? :dunno:

Post by **Jumbo** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 2:27 pm

antonov AN2 maybe?

Post by **st24** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 3:10 pm

Jumbo wrote:antonov AN2 maybe?

Definitely not, way too fast! I'm thinking Trojan?? :dunno:

Sounded like it headed back same way. Anson over now heading South. Quite nice wx here in the Midlands..

Post by **vulcan558** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 4:32 pm

Avro Anson. Seen it pass over heading from Hinckley way towards Coventry way.

Post by **Big Eric** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 4:40 pm

st24 wrote:Seen with naked eye heading roughly W-E to the North. Russian sounding but not convinced it was a Yak...??

What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Post by **speedbird2639** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 5:08 pm

What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Like the sound of oppression and totalitarianism; a Western radial by contrast sounds like the sound of liberation and freedom. :lmao:

Post by **Big Eric** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 5:12 pm

speedbird2639 wrote:
What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Like the sound of oppression and totalitarianism; a Western radial by contrast sounds like the sound of liberation and freedom.

Brilliant ! :lol:

Post by **st24** » Sat 15 Jul 2017, 6:41 pm

vulcan558 wrote:Avro Anson. Seen it pass over heading from Hinckley way towards Coventry way.

No, as I said the Anson passed over later.

speedbird2639 wrote:
What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Like the sound of oppression and totalitarianism; a Western radial by contrast sounds like the sound of liberation and freedom.

Big Eric wrote:
st24 wrote:Seen with naked eye heading roughly W-E to the North. Russian sounding but not convinced it was a Yak...??

What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Very distinctive, they're more powerful to stop them 'Stalin.....

Post by **capercaillie** » Wed 19 Jul 2017, 10:18 am

st24 wrote:
Big Eric wrote:
st24 wrote:Seen with naked eye heading roughly W-E to the North. Russian sounding but not convinced it was a Yak...??

What does a "Russian sounding" radial engine sound like?

Very distinctive, they're more powerful to stop them 'Stalin.....

True, you have to be very careful manually turning the prop as well, one false move and your 'and drop off. :ninja:

Post by **HeyfordDave111** » Wed 19 Jul 2017, 11:25 am

Ok, maybe an answer for you as the timings seem right....

There was an An2 paradrop scheduled for Silverstone, and it cancelled on the run in due to higher than required winds, even after dropping markers.

I think they said the para team was the army tigers? :dunno:

If so they were going to drop from low level anyway because of the cloud base.
hope this helps
Dave

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