XPost: rec.aviation.piloting, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:09:41 -0800, "gatt"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Don Homuth"  wrote in message   
   >news:usqpl2pkkovvf3hvej96lr8ksparn5bong@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >> Airplanes crash, sometimes.  Mechanical failures are seldom   
   >> predictable.   
   >>   
   >> Hate to lose a lovely aircraft like that one, though.   
   >   
   >Indeed. PBS had a documentary on last night showing one of the reproduction   
   >Me-262s in flight (modern engines, thankfully.)  Never thought I'd see that.   
      
   The axial flow BMW is pretty much how all Modern engines are now   
   built.  The main difference is in the materials and casting techniques   
   used.   
      
   It was a remarkable aircraft without question.  Though to be honest,   
   the sound of a RR Merlin 12 roaring by still is The sound of a WW2   
   warbird to me.   
      
   The P-51, Spitfire and Hurricane all shared that venerable sound.   
      
   I just plain Love to hear it.   
      
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