Piper whistle on final - yea, they do.

[Unit74]

Every Piper piston airframe I have seen whistles when dirty. Stand under one on final and you know what I’m talking about. They sing a standard tune.

Why?

 

[Pilawt]

That's the song of drag!

 

[Unit74]

That's the song of drag!

Do they have their own pronouns?

 

[Joe_B1]

Flap gap

 

[Unit74]

Flap gap

What if they have gap seals aka speed mods?

 

[Joe_B1]

What if they have gap seals aka speed mods?

They put gap seals on ailerons not on flaps at least that is what my plane has on it.

 

[Rgbeard]

@Unit74

you and I have those air blowers that have their own tune, as well.

 

[Unit74]

@Unit74

you and I have those air blowers that have their own tune, as well.

Sounds like horse power to me…..

 

[Albany Tom]

Because they don't know the words.

 

[Joe_B1]

Because they don't know the words.

Mine whistles the Andy of Mayberry song!

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Can confirm. My Comanche whistles on final.
My Grumman made more of a moaning noise like a low rumble.
@AggieMike88 flies a C-182 that is the loudest whistling plane I have ever been in.

The Cirrus has either a very mild hum or can be dead silent depending on landing method.

 

[Country Flier]

That whistle is the sound of happiness to me.

 

[AggieMike88]

@AggieMike88 flies a C-182 that is the loudest whistling plane I have ever been in.

Hehehehehe... I use that as an aural way to confirm airspeeds. The appearance and pitch of the whistle changes as we slow down.

And now that I think of it, the Doctor A36 doesn't have a whistle....

 

[Pilawt]

Hehehehehe... I use that as an aural way to confirm airspeeds. The appearance and pitch of the whistle changes as we slow down.

ATC: "Cessna 123, say airspeed."
Mike: "It's about E♭ one octave above middle C."

 

[AggieMike88]

ATC: "Cessna 123, say airspeed."
Mike: "It's about E♭ one octave above middle C."

ATC: Why is your Cessna whistling?
Mike: Because it doesn’t know the words.

 

[Richman67]

Seminoles especially have a very peculiar whistle to them, clean or dirty, from an observers perspective. I can pick them out flying overhead without seeing them. It's most pronounced when they're at pattern speeds.

 

[Shepherd]

My PA-17 is so noisy it could be singing the opening to "Tannhauser" and I wouldn't be able to hear it.