People who have travelled know that commercial airliners have a muffled sound as the power is applied. As airliners pass overhead the whine as the plane approaches is much louder and more defined than the exhaust sound, as it goes away. Because air is ducted around the engine and muffles the hot exhaust gasses.
Not so military jets. Under maximum power there is a crackling roar that is unmistakable. I call it The Sound of Freedom.
Because we live within view of the downwind leg (a little pilot lingo, that) of our local aerodrome, I heard it. It had to be something military, and sure enough, I saw a fast moving silver object climbing in the distance.
Later, I noticed and we ran out onto the lawn and watched it come in for a landing. A whole lot faster than the light planes that usually ply the local airways.
Behold, The Lockheed T-33.
When you have the perfect nose, you take it from the Lockheed P-38 and put it on the Lockheed T-33.
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The beekeeper's plane.
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