Y’know, they may be way louder, way less efficient, less powerful, and less safe, but old engines just sound so much more ALIVE. Imagine being on an airfield in WW2 and hearing a fleet of RRs or Merlins start up. That had to be an amazing sound.
Hi Folks, thanks so much for these great videos AND the info with each one I have learned more in the last few minutes than years of aviation interest, great sounds and well done to the “starters” for all their hard work AND the guys who so painstakingly restored these engines to run so very well! Love this.
Amazing pieces of aviation history, love these old aircraft engines. Those wooden propellers on some of them were works of art.
hand starting a propeller is probably one of the most terrifying things for me.
