Audio Recordings and Videos of the Bird of Paradise Biplane

Audio Recording - Hear the Sound of A Radial Engine Starting

A radial aircraft engine has a very distinctive sound that's immediately recognizable by anyone familiar with vintage aircraft.  After your flight in the Bird of Paradise you'll know that classic sound of power, too.  And each time you hear it you'll remember your time in the air behind such an engine.

Click here.   (91k .wav file)

Videos

Even better, view this 3.5-minute video by Hans Grey showing start-up, taxi, takeoff, and landing.  (7.6 mb .wmv file)

And watch this Youtube video shot from the front cockpit of the Bird of Paradise during a landing at the airport in Gulf Shores.