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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

Hawker Sea Hurricane & Mk1 Hurricane Display

jhuckle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:28:59 +0000

A Mark 1 Hurricane and Sea Hurricane displaying in formation. Not something you see or hear everyday!

The Sea Hurricane is operated by the Shuttleworth Collection and the MK1 Hurricane (R4188) is a Battle of Britain veteran aircraft. More information about R4188 is available from here.

Some interesting information linking these two machines from the web site about the Mk1:

During its lifetime, it was fitted with no fewer than five Rolls-Royce Merlin III engines, and underwent four major rebuilds. It is still powered by a Merlin III (the only other aircraft in the world to retain a Merlin III is the Sea Hurricane at Shuttleworth). It is said to be the most historic fighter aircraft to have survived the war.

During the display you could hear a difference in the two engines although difficult to tell in a blind test. The Sea Hurricane is flown in a very conservative style, no suprise considering the age and rarity (of the two). At a push, the Sea Hurricane has a softer sound.

Recorded on 2nd August 2009, Old Warden, Beds, UK. This is a quick snap I took of the Mk1 and a photo of the Sea Hurricane from July.

Hawker Hurricane MK1 R4188 at Old Warden

Hawker Sea Hurricane, Old Warden, July 2009

Supermarine Spitfire PR.11 PL965/R

jhuckle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:57:24 +0000

This Merlin engined Spitfire PR.11 PL965 (G-MKXI) turned up at Old Warden at the weekend and did a fantastic display. The sound I recorded starts with the aircraft looping over the field and then a fast flyover right on axis with my mic setup.

Another one of the great aircraft at Hanger 11, North Weald. More information from the Hanger 11 web site.

For a change I took my camera and took a few snaps instead of relying on Wikpedia content.

See also more Spitfire recordings here: http://www.field-recording.org.uk/supermarine-spitfire/

Supermarine Spitfire PR.11 PL965/R overhead

After the display PL965 prepares to land.

Supermarine Spitfire PR.11 PL965/R landing

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

Supermarine Seafire, 5th July 2009

jhuckle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:07:12 +0000

Supermarine Seafire sound recorded on 5th July 2009 at Old Warden.

Seafire, Sea Hurricane, Corsair, Wildcat

jhuckle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:55:59 +0000

This is one of my favourite recordings. Completely by suprise a formation of Hawker Sea Hurricane, Supermarine Seafire, Grumman F4F Wildcat and a Vought Corsair flew over as a prelude to a naval themed display at Old Warden, 3rd June 2007.

This recording was taken using minidisc and an AT-822 so dynamics are limited to that hardware, the mp3 version adding a few artifacts.

P51 Jumpin Jaques

jhuckle — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:55:36 +0000

“Jumpin Jacques” is a North American Mustang (S/N 44-72035) P-51D-20-NA, built at North American’s Inglewood facility in California.

Recorded at Old Warden, 7th June 2009. Operated by Hanger 11, based at North Weald, Essex, UK.

Supermarine Spitfire MK XVI

jhuckle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:46:48 +0000

This Spitfire MK XVIE CBAF.IX.4262 (G-OXVI) was recorded in 2008 at the Little Gransden Airshow, UK. Not too sure about these later mark Spitifires but a little research would indicate this a Packard built Rolls-Royce Merlin. If anyone can confirm this, I’d appreciate it. This aircraft is operated by Spitfire Ltd.

There’s quite a bit of crowd noise on this recording so I’ve made an edit of the best bits. Sometimes crowd noise adds to the sound – not always.

Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI NR

Hawker Sea Hurricane 3rd May, 2009

jhuckle — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:46:51 +0000

This is a recording made at Old Warden on 3rd May of their resident Hawker Sea Hurricane.

This is a longer recording than I usually post and has a bit of work applied to it – a windy day. The Hurricane is still filling in for the finale their whilst the spit is undergoing an overhaul (3 or so years now I think).

Recorded using a Rode NT5 into a Fostex FR2-LE with a little work in Audacity with a high pass filter, with some compression in Reaper to keep things level, but not too much.

Hawker Sea Hurricane

jhuckle — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:42:08 +0000

A couple of sounds extracts featuring the Merlin engined Hawker Sea Hurricane z7015 (G-BKTH) based at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, UK. Both were recorded from the flight line and were taken on separate occasions.
The Sea Hurricane is a ‘navalised’ version of the standard Hawker Hurricane.

Hawer Sea Hurricane