Sound. It’s what lured some of us unsuspecting into aviation. As a kid I reacted to the sound of an airplane engine ticking unseen among cicadas ghost-riding in the sky above my Wonder Bread and mayonnaise New Jersey neighborhood. The sound made me look up to glimpse what shining messenger called and prompted a nun to rap my desktop while invoking unworldly wrath against daydreaming: “Non somnia per diem, Mr. Berge!”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/whats-the-buzz