I’ve uploaded a new recording of the Kennet Aviation Supermarine Seafire on my field-recording website.
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A sound recording of P-51 Mustang “Janie” recorded in August 2009.
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And a spectrogram of the recording.
P-51 Mustang Janie Spectrogram
Sound recording of a recently rebuilt P-51 Mustang “Marinell” at the 2009 Little Gransden Airshow.
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And a spectrogram of the recording.
P51 Mustang Marinelle Spectrogram
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.
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.
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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
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
A Hawker Sea Fury recorded on the 7th August 2005.
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See also [post="hawker-sea-fury-fast-approach"], recorded at the same display.
More Sea Fury sounds here: http://www.field-recording.org.uk/hawker-sea-fury/
Photo below taken by me during the display.
Hawker Sea Fury
A recording of a Supermarine Seafire taken on 3rd June 2007. The aircraft was displaying as a naval group (Sea Hurricane, Corsair, Wildcat) at Old Warden.
Recorded using a minidisc and an AT-822. The mp3 version doesn’t do the recording justice (despite high VBR bitrate) unfortunately. If you’d like copy of the original uncompressed version then let me know.
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More Seafire recordings here: http://www.field-recording.org.uk/supermarine-seafire/
“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.
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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.
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See also
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- [post="hawker-sea-hurricane-mk1-hurricane"]