Field Recording» texan http://www.happyorange.org.uk Field recording, aircraft, sound and technology Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:37:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 North American Harvard Trainers http://www.happyorange.org.uk/2009/north-american-harvard-trainers/ http://www.happyorange.org.uk/2009/north-american-harvard-trainers/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:37:35 +0000 jhuckle http://www.happyorange.org.uk/?p=540 Sound of a pair of Harvard trainers chasing around Old Warden.

Harvards have a very particular sound as like a Stearman there is no gearing between the engine and propeller which consequently moves very fast, with the propeller tips breaking the speed of sound as they turn.

North American Harvard, Old Warden, July 2009

One of the North American Harvards taxying after the display, Old Warden, July 2009

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