sound radar is back ... naaaaaaah!

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by klem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair
The Japanese allegedly nicknamed it "Whistling Death", for the noise made by airflow through the wing root-mounted oil cooler air intakes.

The only sound I've heard from prop tips going through the sound barrier is on the Harvard/T6 which gives a kind of rasping effect.

(we must stop meeting like this!)

Having been at Duxford many times (as I'm sure many others have too) I have to say I don't think that the Corsair really whistles all that much on a high speed pass. The Bearcat on the other hand makes a distinctive whistle, I have a nice video of it somewhere.