Aircraft (and aviation people) 'sounds

Those who know me know that I collect (and pass on) a lot of aviation material. I’ve noticed elsewhere there seems to be a growing interests in aircraft ‘sounds’. Over the years I’ve collected various ‘bits and bobs’. This is just some of the list:

PHANTOM – Flypast. The Phantom F.4E has operational requirements at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, unquestionably the world’s first aerodrome.

CHARLES E. TAYLOR – Top mechanic at the Wright Brothers bicycle factory. Builder of the first engine for the Flyer — the world’s first production aero-engine.

DONALD DOUGLAS – One of the pioneers. Hired by Glenn Martin, he subsequently founded the Douglas Aircraft Corporation.

FRANK P. LAHM – Winner of the James Gordon Bennett Balloon race in 1906. In Sept. 1908, he was passenger with Orville Wright on the first acceptance trials of the Wright Flyer for the U.S. Army….a few days before Lt. Selfridge was killed in a similar role.

BENJAMIN D. FOULOIS On 30th July, 1909 – five days after Bleriot’s channel crossing – was passenger on the final acceptance trial. During this flight a number of world records were broken.

VICKERS GUNBUS – Flypast

GLENN MARTIN – Built his first prototype flying machine in 1907. Sold William E. Boeing his first aeroplane. Finally founded the Martin Marietta Corporation (involved in the NASA space programme and developers
of the X-24 lifting body).

AVR0 504K – ‘blipping’engine.

IGOR SIKORSKY – Recalls aviation in Europe in the late 1900’s.

SOPWITH PUP – Taxiing then Flypast.

AVRO TUTOR – Engine tick-over followed by take-off.
JOHN H. TOWERS – Pilot of the N.C.3. In 1914, at the origination of the concept of a cross-atlantic attempt, he held the world’s non-stop distance and duration records for hydro-aeroplanes.

VICKERS VIMY – Start and run-up of engines followed by take-off.

C. SPAATZ Later General Commanding U.S.S.A.T.F. — early exponent of in-flight refuelling.

I. EAKER – Later General Commanding 8th Air Force — early experimenter in blind flying.
J. DOOLITTLE Later Major General —winner of 1925 Schneider trophy race, made first completely blind flight.

TRIDENT – In BEA operation makes first A.L.S. landing in passenger service

GIPSY MOTH – Swoops low with engine cut and climbs away under power.
AMY JOHNSON – Recorded in Australia after her epic flight.

GIPSY MOTH Flypast

Ju 87 – A squadron attacking Liege during the German invasion in W.W.2
Me 323 – Running up engines

Me 110 – Engines start — using inertia starter — followed by take-off.

SPITFI RE – Engine start and Flypast of this, the most significant aircraft of our time.

MOSQUITO -Engines start and take-off.
LANCASTER – Take-off.

SlR BARNES-WALLIS – Inventor of the skip-bomb used by the ‘Dam-busters’ — led by Guy Gibson who was rightly awarded the V.C. for his gallantry in this raid.

MUSTANG – flypast by a flight of two.

B17 – Take-off

Me 262 – Taxiing

V.1 – Passes overhead
Me 163 – flypast

CHARLES E. YEAGER First man through the sound barrier. Discusses high altitude launch and control with fellow test pilot Bill Bridgeman.

X-15 – R/T with test pilot Scott Crossfield during first airborne launch, with Major Robert White flying chase and Joseph Walker — NASA chief test pilot — in ground control

BRISTOL FIGHTER – Taxiing followed by Flypast

EDDIE RICKENBACKER – Compares W.W.I combat with the Korean war.
KOREAN WAR DOGFIGHT – R/T between Sabre pilots whilst engaging Mig 15’s in combat.
IGOR SIKORSKY – Exponent and developer of hovering powered flight.
FAIREY ROTODYNE – The distinctive sound of tip-jets on turning rotor blades.
HARRIER – Vertical take-off followed by high speed flypast.

T.S.R.2 – Intercom recorded during maiden flight followed by flypast.

IGOR SlKORSKY – Builder of the “GRAND” and believer in aviation’s future with passenger airliners.
D.C.3 – Flypast.
VISCOUNT – Take off.
CONCORDE – The ultimate in passenger aircraft. Take off on maiden flight, extract from press conference, R/T during first supersonic trials, sonic boom. Flypast and Flypast at Farnborough (1970).

SlR BARNES-WALLIS – Innovator and designer of many controversial aircraft, forecasts where the future of civil aviation possibly lies.

There are also some from ‘Aviation in English’ a series from the 1960s. I’ve also got John Cunningham talking about night-fighting in the Mosquito and Bomb Morgan and the entire crewof the Memphis Belle… the list goes on.

My problem – or question – is this. I can, over time digitise it all – but is it worth doing anything with it then?… is there enough interest?