NZFF

Be assured : give Jan Kees a Cat and he will look after it

You show it well Ian ...that #2 shot is great ..... cant imagine the noise with that prop tip inches from your ear.

Splitpin wrote:

QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 2 2013,4:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

.... cant imagine the noise with that prop tip inches from your ear.

Been there done that , but with a Dak a little view window on the crew access door of ZK-AWP with air freight .. inches probably 12 to be exact , hardly any noise at all .

I've done it in a Cat, and I can tell you, the sound is HUGE, brain shakingly loud....

jankees wrote:

QUOTE (jankees @ Jan 3 2013,8:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've done it in a Cat, and I can tell you, the sound is HUGE, brain shakingly loud....

I guess its the sound proofing on the old Dak compared to the Cats glazing only , I should organize a ride in the NZ Catalina , guess you go back to the Bristol Freighter - a good example were the pilots put cotton wool in there ears then put on their headsets which were modified earmuffs and also back 1960s and 1970s when the Bristols were deployed to South East Asia troops huddled in the nose to get away from the noise .

Be interesting to hear from NZFF members here also who were Sunderland aircrew who may have stories about the the patrols as these aircraft , were as by compare the Solent and Sandringham flights 6 1/2 hour flights in 1950s to Sydney were fine due to the sound proofing .

I have flown in the replica Southern Cross where you have three Jacobs all out of sync fighting to see who can be the loudest, bloody awesome sound though with or without earmuffs
I have video complete with the sound that I took while on the flight stashed away somewhere maybe I should dig it out some time

dbcunnz wrote:

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Jan 3 2013,3:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have flown in the replica Southern Cross where you have three Jacobs all out of sync fighting to see who can be the loudest, bloody awesome sound though with or without earmuffs
I have video complete with the sound that I took while on the flight stashed away somewhere maybe I should dig it out some time

Start digging Doug .... that would be great to see ....and hear.

jankees wrote:

QUOTE (jankees @ Jan 3 2013,8:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've done it in a Cat, and I can tell you, the sound is HUGE, brain shakingly loud....

Havent had the pleasure of a Cat flight .... i have heaps of Bristol Freighter trips , and in the hold alongside the prop wasnt to nice. And if the props got out of sync ...it got pretty wierd.
I envy you that cat flight JK ....wonderfull old bird.

dbcunnz wrote:

QUOTE (dbcunnz @ Jan 3 2013,3:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have flown in the replica Southern Cross where you have three Jacobs all out of sync fighting to see who can be the loudest, bloody awesome sound though with or without earmuffs
I have video complete with the sound that I took while on the flight stashed away somewhere maybe I should dig it out some time

Arr that'll be the same replica that first debut at Richmond in 1988 ... They say the Harvard is noisy ... to me it was music , wonder that could be part off it .. you don't notice