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CH-47D Chinook Sound Effects
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CH-47D Chinook HD Pro Released

September 23, 2025 – CH-47D Chinook HD Pro Released!
I am excited to present all new CH-47D Chinook helicopter recordings from summer 2025 along with sounds captured from 2023 to 2024. Included are exterior close, medium close and distant turbine starts, hovering, arriving, departing and passing by during fire fighting duties and US Army unit flights.

Captured with high end stereo microphones in 96kHz/32-Bit Floating Point and delivered at 24-Bit/96kHz the sounds have incredible detail and a wide dynamic range.
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Helicopters 2 is Ready to Fly

The Recordist is excited to present Helicopters 2 HD Professional – the second chapter to one of our most popular library series.

Helicopters 2 HD Pro continues the journey started with Helicopters 1 back in 2015. After 3 years of going to the local airport and recording various rotorcraft I can finally reveal to you this stunning set of 97 sounds from a wide variety of helicopters.
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Helicopter Recording Summer 2017 Part 1

There have been quite a few helicopters flying around the last few weeks due to forest fires burning in the area. If I hear one flying over the house or if I’m at the airport recording other aircraft and they fly in for fuel or an overnight stop I try and record them. Here are some videos of a couple of them. Enjoy!
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Prop Planes 2 HD Pro Photo Gallery

Presenting Prop Planes 2 HD Professional Sound Effects Library. This library is the result of over two years spent at the local airfield waiting and watching for planes. 30 different airplanes were recorded in pristine 24-bit 96kHz resolution with various high end microphones and handheld recorders. Single, twin and turbo prop planes were captured at multiple distances and airspeeds. Engine starts, high RPM warm-ups and ground taxi maneuvers are also included.
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A Tale of Two Hueys

You can probably tell I love recording helicopters. I can hear them coming from miles away as I sit in my studio working on stuff I should be working on. If I hear them more than once in a half hour period I know something is up and they will be around for a while. This happened on March 17, 2017. A couple of Huey helicopters flew over my house and were flying around the area so I hustled to the local airport and there they were, ripe for the picking!
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Crazy Sound of the Week – Aug 29, 2012

Prop Plane Aug 2012

This is a prop plane engine start and run at various speeds recorded on August 11, 2012 in Sandpoint Idaho. I was 50 yards from the plane when it started up and performed some high RPM tests. It then approached and strolled on by me on it’s the way to the runway for take off. Recorded with a Sennheiser MKH-8040ST at X/Y 90 degrees. Free and Downloadable at 24-Bit 48kHz. -Enjoy! -Frank
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