Greetings, Ray!
On 07 May 98, Ray Marsh entered the following ASCII codes for the express
viewing pleasure of Bill Wunsch:
RM>
BW>> A few years ago, the Regina Flying Club managed to get a restored Lanc
BW>> here for open house day. I managed to get a day pass and timed
BW>> it right to be out at the airport when it departed. It did
BW>> sound real pretty doing a fly past.
RM>
RM> You may recall, Bill, that the Canadair-built DC-4M had Merlins. BOAC
RM> called theirs the Argonaut. That aeroplane sounded pretty, too. :-)
You mean the Northstar? I used to hang over the airport fence at the
terminal and watch them fire up the big recips. Yes, they did sound nice,
but TCA never made a low pass over the field when leaving.
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