Heck Mike, I can't even pronounce where you're at much less spell it. How about the Connie (C-121), B29, B36, B17, the Old Boeing Goat, C124) etc.. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:26 PM Subject: Round Engines > If anyone on the list is a fan of big round radial engines, today I was > spending a restful day at a Benedictine abbey on Lake Memphramagog, which is > near here, and I heard the unmistakable sound of large, very large, piston > radial engines, and at low altitude! > > To my surprise a CL215 water bomber along with its newer CL415 turboprop, > were doing water scoops on the lake. I don't know if it was practise or to > put out a wildfire somewhere (it's been horribly hot, dusty and dry here), > but it was quite a show. At one point I was in the abbey church and I > thought the 215 was going to come through the roof, he was so loud! One of > the monks invited me up the abbey tower to watch them but alas, the show was > over by the time we got up there. There was another monk up there watching > though. Turns out he has a PPL (airplanes) and CPL (helicopters), and after > all that ended up as a Benedictine monk...go figure! > > I digress though: nothing beats the deep pounding sound of large round > engines! (well, except maybe for the monks' Gregorian chant). > > Mike Gammon >