[Leica] why do bombs whistle?

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

I'm glad your folks got through that.  I imagine most children view their
parents as somewhat deranged at times.  I did sometimes and I'm quite sure
my kids did constantly.  I believe that with the old ordnance, a long
amplitude (long whistling cycle) meant that the bombs were falling away from
you, while a short cycle meant trouble.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rei Shinozuka
> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 5:31 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] why do bombs whistle?
> 
> Having been born in the USA I have never had to personally concern
> myself with sounds of falling bombs.  But my parents, who were growing
> up in Japan in their early teens in the war years, used to tell me they
> learned in school to differentiate the sounds of bombs falling
> towards them versus bombs falling away, as well as the sound of
> the B-29 (bad news for them) versus other aircraft.
> 
> It's amazing that after all that, they were only as mildly deranged
> as parents (as I recalled them growing up).
> 
> :-)
> 
> -rei
> 
> On Nov01 17:05, Eric Korenman wrote:
> > My son and I were playing today -- we were making bomb whistle
> > noises.. y'know, standard father and son stuff
> >
> > I suddenly realized I couldn't tell him WHY bombs whistle with that
> > falling pitch sound.
> > I'm certified comp sci, physics nerd too..
> > Google didn't help either!
> >
> > Anyone know why?
> >
> > To keep this a legit post, I almost sold my M8.
> > But didn't :)
> >
> > Eric
> >
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> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
> 
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