Good morning fellow aviation nuts.

I was hired as copilot at Ozark Air Lines, in 1978. We had DC-9’s and FH227B’s. I flew it for 1.5 years/1,200 hours. It was a great airplane, had 44 seats and 1,875 shaft hp dry, and 1,990 shp wet (water/methanol injection.

We shared the cargo ramp with YS 11A's.(80's and 90's) We called them Yamaha Suzuki one one alphas, flying dog whistles. Extremely loud is an understatement.

It’s becoming a rare pleasure these day, to be able to watch a documentary which is clear, relevant, crisp, factual, comprehensive, and interesting… and without irritating irrelevant background music. Cheers!

I spent 11,600 hours behind a  couple of Darts in the F27 Friendship (Fairchild built them as well) & never had a problem with them - they were built like a  Brick out House.
Our Airline had two engine failures with Auto Feather & that was the accessory gear box failure.
The Rotol Props had automatic Pitch control & were complicated to learn but "Bullet Proof" in operation.

On start if you had a Hot Start the book said shut it down  but we never did as we "Rode" the HP Cocks to control the temps.

On a hot day when you hit Max  power you got a real kick in the pants when the Water/ Methanol kicked in to restore your power.
Question "Did you fly the F27" & the answer from those that did was "WHAT!!!!". ( They could send you deaf if you didn't were ear protection).

Years ago, one of our neighboring operators in northern Canada used HS748's. On a crisp morning, the shriek of its Dart engines at FI was nothing less than brain-piercing. You'd swear it was metal-on-metal.

My RR Dart experience was maintaining IPEC Aviation’s three AW650 Argosy aircraft for several years. The main problem for a mechanic was maintaining a set of British standard tools for them. I spent quite a few hours having my sense of hearing assaulted in the flight deck of these aircraft both on the ground during maintenance ground running and in the air carrying out company errands around Australia. For the flight crews the cockpit intercom and noise attenuating headsets were essential equipment!

8:20 I never knew lego sponsored an airliner 😂

Here in the UK us oldies well remember the distinctive high frequency turbine whine so unique to the Dart. For those who have never experienced it, listen to the intro to the Beatles song, "Back in the USSR" on their white album. My own experience of Viscount flying is confined to just 2 journeys, both cockpit rides. The first an 8 sector trip where I stood throughout due to the jump seat being replaced by a cockpit AC unit, those were the days. The second a hairy trip in poor weather to the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea, in Viscount 800 G-BFZL, by coincidence G-AFZL is the registration of my own aircraft, a Porterfield. I always intended to get around to photographing them together, alas it never happened and now that Viscount sits abandoned at an airstrip in the Congo.

Flew from Memphis Tennessee to Fort Polk Louisiana for Army basic training on a Trans Texas dart powered Convair.  The pneumatic folding air stair was something I did not expect.  A very good experience.

Worked for an outfit at Burbank airport in the late 70's that leased the Viscount to Rock groups as their tour aircraft.  This presentation definitely brought back some fond memories of that special time.

I flew on Capital Viscounts several times in the late 50s and early 60s. The smooth and comfortable Viscount was a revelation compared to the noisy and non-pressurized DC-4s that Capital was still flying then.

As a 7 year old in 1971 while at Sydney Airport near Victoria BC Canada I saw a Air Canada Vickers Viscount 4 engines power up, taxi  and then takeoff,  then a Hawker 748 twin engine did the same afterward .  I noticed both planes  engines sounded exactly the same. even then  i assumed it was the same turbine engine type. They both sounded really cool.

Such a distinctive sound that has vanished from the skies. I would hear one every 12pm as a post mail flight flew overhead.

Flew out of Southend on a Viscount 40 years ago. On the outward journey we sat at the front facing forward, but with rearward facing seats opposite and a table between. On our return we were over the wing with conventional seating. Having only experienced Boeing jets up until then, it seemed far more civilised, being quiet and exceptionally smooth. I didn't realise that the Dart was used in so many aircraft  thank you for such an informative presentation.

My first flight was Seattle to Anchorage on a Connie PNA. Second was Anch to McGrath Ak on an F27 Wein Ak  all in 1961. We called the Dart engines “screaming memies”.

I have fond memories of riding aboard Ozark Airlines F-27s when I was a kid.  “Jet Prop” was emblazoned upon the nacelles of those screaming Darts.  It left quite an impression upon this aviation nut…

Impossible to describe the feeling that the Darts Transmit! Fear, imponence, horror, all mexed up together. Flown many times in the vintage Fairchil F-227, those were the days!

Also worth mentioning the music RR Dart caused with that peculiar whistling.

When I worked for British Aerospace I used to regularly buy the 536.2 engines as spares from Rolls Royce East Kilbride to support world wide operations of the HS748.  We were based in Chadderton, Manchester, UK.  Happy memories.