August 4th, 2009
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
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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.
August 4th, 2009
Another recording of the pair of PT-22 Recruits based at Old Warden. I was contact by a guy from the US who actually flies one of these in his spare time asking for me to send him some recordings, which of course I have.
The PT-22 Recruit was the first trainer aircraft to be used by the United States Army Air Corps with a single wing (monoplane). Powered by a single Kinner R-5 Raidial. The aircraft has a peculiar sound due to a odd arangement of exhausts and cylinders (a high speed waltz?).
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Heres a photo I took of one of the displaying aircraft during the display on the day.
 Ryan PT-22 Recruit, Old Warden, 2nd August 2009 Recorded on 2nd August 2009, Old Warden, Beds, UK.
July 13th, 2009
Sound of a pair of Harvard trainers chasing around Old Warden.
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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.
 One of the North American Harvards taxying after the display, Old Warden, July 2009
June 10th, 2009
The flight of a Fiat G.46 (G-BBII). Not seen or heard one before or since, so I presume quote rare. The one recorded was painted in camoflauge
Recorded at Little Gransden in 2008.
The Fiat G.46 was a military trainer developed in Italy shortly after World War II powered by a single Alfa Romeo 115ter engine (215BHP). Earlier marks were powered by de Havilland Gypsy Queen engines. The nose certainly looks like it was built for a de Havilland.
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 Fiat G.46
June 7th, 2009
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Hot off the press this afternoon, a 30 second clip from a BAe Hawk flying low and fast at Old Warden. The recording was quite loud but not as loud as some of the piston powered aircraft this afternoon (the Hawker Tomtit for example). I usually record with about 20db of headroom and had plenty to spare.
Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Adour Mk.951 turbofan with FADEC, 29 kN (6,500 lbf) 29 kN
Recorded using Rode NT 5 -> Fostex FR2-LE
The photo isn’t mine but the aircraft I recorded I think is the same.
 BAe Hawk Display Trainer, Low Level Flying (Flickr MarkJayne)
Wikipedia desribes the Hawk as
The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single engine, advanced jet trainer aircraft. It first flew in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk. The Hawk is used by the Royal Air Force, and other air forces, as either a trainer or a low-cost combat aircraft. The Hawk is still in production with over 900 Hawks sold to 18 customers around the world.
May 22nd, 2009
Sound recording of the Focke-Wulf Fw 44 based at Old Warden. The Stieglitz (“Goldfinch”) is German inter-war bi-plane trainer comparable with the de Havilland Tiger Moth or Boeing Stearman.
Powered by a single Siemens Sh 14 A-4 7-cylinder radial engine producing 118 kW at 2,100 rpm (160 hp).
Recording made on 3rd May 2009.
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 FW44J G-STIG at Old Warden 2008 The Fw 44 was designed as a biplane with conventional layout and straight, non-tapered wings. Its two open cockpits were arranged in tandem, and both cockpits were equipped with flight controls and instruments. The Fw 44 had fixed tailwheel landing gear. It employed ailerons on both upper and lower wings. It did not use flaps. It was flown with a radial engine.
The first prototype flew in 1932. After many tests and modifications to increase the plane’s durability and aerodynamics, the final Fw 44 proved to have excellent airworthiness.
A second version of the Fw 44 was the Fw 44B, which had an Argus As 8 four-cylinder inverted inline air-cooled engine of 90 kW (120 hp). The cowling for this engine gave the plane a more slender, aerodynamic nose.
20 Fw 44s purchased by China were modified for combat missions and participated in the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War until all were lost in action.
The last series version was Fw 44J, which was sold or built on license in several countries around the world. It ws equipped with a seven-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_44
May 22nd, 2009
Recording of a Hunting Jet Provost trainer aircraft.
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Powered by a single Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet
The BAC Jet Provost (originally built by Hunting Percival) was a British jet-powered trainer aircraft used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1955 to 1993.
In the 1950s the RAF issued a requirement for a new dedicated jet training aircraft. Hunting developed the Jet Provost from the piston-engined Percival Provost basic trainer. On 26 June 1954, the prototype made its first flight, flown by Dick Wheldon. The Air Ministry ordered ten of the Jet Provost T1, and in June 1957, 40 of the Jet Provost T3, featuring a new Armstrong Siddeley Viper jet engine, ejector seats, a redesign of the airframe, and a strengthened, retractable tricycle undercarriage. Percival built one example used purely for structural tests throughout the development stages, giving the designers valuable research into what could be achieved with the basic design. In total, 201 T3s were delivered between 1958 and 1962.
The T4 followed in 1961 with a new engine, and then the pressurized T5 in 1967.
The T51 was an armed export version which was sold to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Kuwait and Sudan. Armed with two 7.7-mm (0.303-inch) machine guns. The T52 was another armed export version sold to Iraq, South Yemen, Sudan and Venezuela. It had the same armament as the T51. The T55 was the final armed export version which was sold to Sudan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_Jet_Provost
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