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60163 Tornado 26 September 2009

jhuckle — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:30:44 +0000

Trackside recording of the Peppercorn 60163 Tornado passing along the old LNER route in Bedfordshire. The recording starts with the sound of the whistle a few hundred yards away and the the locomotive and train passing very close at high speed.

Bristol Fighter, Old Warden 2nd August 2009

jhuckle — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:50:49 +0000

The Bristol f.2b Fighter makes one of my favourite aircraft sounds. Each time I record it I discover another facet of the complex soundscape it generates. The sounds the Rolls-Royce Falcon III on this machine makes sounds like the whine of a supercharger when you get downwind of it flying but I think this is the sound of the epicyclic gearing, which I think in itself is a unique feature in an engine this early.

The picture below was taken during the display.

Bristol Fighter, August 2009

EasyJet Flight Safety Briefing

jhuckle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:32:54 +0000

I recorded this safety briefing a couple of weeks ago on the EasyJet bus at Glasgow. The Stewardess recited the whole 2 ish minutes without once looking at any kind of paperwork – impressive. If you are familiar with this recital then you can easily visualise the gesticulations of the flight attendants and the bored resignation of the aloof ‘frequent flyers’ cradling their free papers.

There’s a good cadence to the way she reads it. I presume rhythm is the way people remember this stuff.

de Havilland Vampire, Little Gransden, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:53:15 +0000

Display from a de Havilland Vampire T.11, WZ507 based at North Weald, Essex at the Little Gransden Airshow in 2009. Operated by the Vampire Preservation Group

de Havilland Vampire T.11 WZ507 spectrogram

Vampire Preservation Group Vampire T.11

P-51 Mustang, Janie, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:28:03 +0000

A sound recording of P-51 Mustang “Janie” recorded in August 2009.

And a spectrogram of the recording.

P-51 Mustang Janie Spectrogram

P-51 Mustang, Marinell, Little Grandsden, August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:22:43 +0000

Sound recording of a recently rebuilt P-51 Mustang “Marinell” at the 2009 Little Gransden Airshow.

And a spectrogram of the recording.

P51 Mustang Marinelle Spectrogram

Spartan Executive, Little Gransden August 2009

jhuckle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:52:46 +0000

2 sound recordings of Spartan Executive aircraft, considered the Lear Jet of the 1930s, popular with US Oil Corporations and owned by the very wealthy.

First recording is of 2 Executives taking off.

Spectrogram of Spartan Executive take off

Second recording of 2 aircraft in a display. The two aircraft are discernible by the note of the engine/propeller, obviously a radial.

Spectrogram of 2 Spartan Executive in display

One of the aircraft is based (as far as I know) at Little Gransden. In the display is the leading aircraft.

Hawker Demon, August 2009

jhuckle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:57:09 +0000

Another recording on my new web site http://www.field-recording.org.uk/hawker-demon-august-2009/

Hawker Hunter FGA.9 G-ETPS

jhuckle — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:55:47 +0000

I’ve posted a recording of a Hawker Hunter on my new website.

It is available from http://www.field-recording.org.uk/hawker-hunter-fga-9-g-etps/

Hunting-Percival Jet Provost T.3 / BAC Strikemaster

jhuckle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:30:32 +0000

The BAC Strikemaster is the same aircraft as a Jet Provost (the piston version being recorded elsewhere in this blog). As a militarised trainer, the aircraft looks very aerobatic in display. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Viper Mk.535 turbojet producing 3,410 lbf (15.2 kN).

Doing a bit of digging around using the aircraft serial number, this may not be the billed Strikemaster but a T.3 Jet Provost. Some information from Jet Provost Heaven

Jet Provost T.3 XN637 was built by Hunting-Percival at Luton, and after flight tests was declared ready for collection on 31st August 1961. It was ferried from Luton to RAF Shawbury a week later (7th September) where it went to 27MU, for final preparations for RAF service began. On 5th October 1961, XN637 was issued to No 3 Flying Training School (3FTS), based at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire. This Unit had reformed the previous month as a Jet Provost squadron. XN637 remained in service, latterly as aircraft number ’13′, until January 1963 when it returned to RAF Shawbury for storage. It stayed mothballed with 27MU for nearly ten years until November 11th 1972, when it was moved to RAF Kemble for further storage, this time with 5MU. On 14th February 1973 XN637 was officially declared a NEA – Non Effective Airframe, and within a month it had been struck off charge

Here’s a snap of the photo during the display. The serial number on the plane in the photo confirms a Jet Provost (?).

BAC Strikemaster, Old Warden, 2nd August 2009

Recorded on 2nd August 2009, Old Warden, Beds, UK.