Airplane Sound

AIRPLANE
SOUND

Airplane sound from hundreds of planes are available to download for free, including jets,

trainers, props, seaplanes, fighters, bombers, airliners, attack aircraft, and biplanes.

Most of the airplane sound on this site is around 20 seconds long, 80 KB, 8,000 kHz, 4 bit, mono. We found its the best combination of sound quality for the disk space it takes.

We are within reasonable driving distances of large and small civil airports, plus two aviation museums, one with many flying warbirds that go back to World War II.

One of our members was a WW II Army Air Corps vet who managed to record airplane sound on one of the reel-to-reel tape recorders of the time. We even found some of the airplane sound from phonograph records. Unfortunately, most of the airplane sound from way back lost its fidelity when being transferred from the original media to digital for the computer.

We gather quite a bit of airplane sound at the Chino, California airport where the Planes of Fame Museum is located. They have monthly flying exhibits of vintage aircraft, plus an annual air show.

Some people think that an airshow is a good place to record airplane sound. However, there is usually music, announcers, and the noise of the crowd to consider. Some of our best airplane sound was recorded during the days before an air show, during flying rehearsals.

We still had to contend with the sounds of other aircraft, machinery, and even the occasional barking dog or loudly chirping birds. And, of course, the open spaces of airports can often find the wind blowing between you and the airplane. We try to stay upwind as much as possible, yet position ourselves as close as safely possible to the aircraft.

Airplane sound from loud engines can be good when it drowns out background sounds. However, we have to be careful not to record so that the full power airplane sound overwhelms the rest of the recording.

We have airplane sound of many aircraft that no longer are flying. We have found replica airplane sound from aircraft with similar engines in a number of cases. Sometimes a working engine, out of the airplane will be preserved. There may be a vehicle with the same engine still running, or another airplane that uses the same, or a similar engine. We can come pretty close to duplicating the actual airplane sound from those sources.

Please email us if you have any suggestions on how we can improve our airplane sound recordings, or if there is a particular plane you would like to hear that we have missed.

Grob Strato turbo twin engines airplane sound

Douglas Skyraider single 2,800 h.p. radial

Douglas Skywarrior carrier retrieval

Douglas Skyhawk small jet fly-by

North American Vigilante vintage twin jet airplane sound

Intruder launching from aircraft carrier

Japanese Zero runway take off

LTV Corsair fly-by

Curtiss ground attack bomber

Low pass over runway airplane sound

Republic Warthog turbofans airplane sound

Aero biplane 6 cylinder in-line engine

Curtiss Shrike Wright radial

121.79 mph world record jet powered glider taking off

Short field take off airplane sound

Seven cylinder radial passenger airplane sound

Pre WWII 750 hp radial fly-over

Vultee circling air field

Saro Cloud water take off

Douglas Havoc bomber two 1,600 h.p. radials

Douglas Invader dropping retardants on blaze

Cessna Dragonfly "tweet" airplane sound

World's largest passenger airplane 4 jet turbines

Beriev Albatross loud twin jet seaplane

Lockheed Gunship firing weapons

Grumman Guardian dive and pull-up

Huge cargo jet 4- 51,600 lbf. thrust turbines

Antonov Colt, big biplane

Antonov Mriya loud and low

Arado 234 Rocket Assist Take off

North American Texan aerobatics

Air Tractor working hard

RAAF Roulettes Aerobatic Team

Grumman dive bomber sound

In-line engine biplane taxiing

Martin bomber formation sound

Boeing Flying Fortress 4 planes sound

Boeing Lancer rolling down runway

Northrop Spirit stealth sound

Consolidated Liberator flying high

North American Mitchell sound

Douglas Invader twin 2,000 h.p. radials

Martin Marauder reverberating

Boeing Superfortress bomb run

Boeing B-314 Clipper water take off

Convair Peacemaker 6 props, 4 jets

Boeing B-47 Stratojet taking off

Boeing-50 Superfortress low fly by

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress 8 jets

Convair Hustler sound

Bachem Ba-349 Viper take off

Stits Baby Bird, smallest airplane

Fairey Barracuda sound

Bede Aircraft BD-5J smallest jet

Beriev Be-10 Mallow twin jet seaplane

Beriev Be-200 twin jet water bomber

Bristol Beaufighter radial roar

de Havilland Beaver take off

Beech 17 Staggerwing radial

Beechcraft Model 18 twin radials, great!

Messerschmitt Me/Bf-109 fast pass

Messerschmitt Bf-110 heavy fighter

Bristol Blenheim twin radials

Team Blue Angels fly by

Boeing 747 climb out

747 Supertanker action

Boeing 777 huge twin jet fly-by

Boeing 787 quite airliner

Beechcraft Bonanza take off

CAC Boomerang fighter diving

Blue Eagles Aerobatic Team

Red Arrows Aerobatic Team

Brewster Buffalo WW II fighter

Bristol Bulldog radial climbing

Starr Bumble Bee II buzzes overhead

CASA C-101 performing at air show

Lockheed Super Constellation

Lockheed Hercules take off

Transall C-160 sound

Boeing C-17 Globemaster sound

Macchi Folgore sound

Alenia C-27J Spartan turboprop

Curtiss C-46 Commando sound

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy turbine whine

Sopwith Camel replica fast pass

CAP 232 aerobatic airplane

Passenger flying boat

Cessna's fastest jet

American Aircraft aerobat

Canadair Super Scooper sound

BAe/Aerospatiale Supersonic Transport

Boeing drone climb to altitude

Fiat Falco, fastest biplane

Tiny twin engine Cri-Cri chain saw sound

Canadair Tutor air show fly-by

Convair CV-580 twin engine turboprop

W orld record longest flight sound

Albatros WWI fighter plane sound

Dewoitine Fighter 12 cylinder Y engine sound

Eurocopter Dauphin sound

Mc Donnell Douglas Super Tanker sound

Boulton Paul Defiant British night fighter

deHavilland DH.88 1934 Air Race Sound

deHavilland DH.98 Mosquito sound

Dornier Do 17 twin radial engine medium bomber

Dornier Do 24 three 9 cylinder radial engine flying boat

Dornier Do 328 twin 2,180 shp

Dornier Pfeil, nice sound

Dornier Do-X 12 engine take off on water

Fokker Red Baron Triplane sound

Douglas World Cruiser DT2 V12 engine

Grumman Duck performing aerobatics

Fokker D.VII World War I fighter plane sound

Yokosuka submarine launched seaplane sounde

Grumman Prowler carrier catapult launch

Lockheed Super Connie big prop airliner

Eurocopter emergency rescue

Edge 540 airshow performance

Eurofighter Typhoon afterburners

Grob Egrett altitude record sound

Fokker E.III vintage sound

Embraer Tucano sound

Dassault Etendard French Navy jet sound

Extra 330 rolling maneuvers

North American Super Sabre sound

McDonnell Voodoo sound

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger landing

Lockheed Starfighter howl

Republic Thunderchief high speed

North American Ultra Sabre sounde

General Dynamics Aardvark sound

Lockheed Nighthawk sound

Grumman F-14 Tomcat sound

Boeing F-15 Eagle fastest US fighter sound

High altitude pass

Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon sound

General Dynamics F-16XL sound

Lockheed Martin Raptor stealthy sound

Fokker Friendship sound

Brewster F2A Buffalo slow pass

Bristol F2B World War I biplane sound

Convair Sea Dart supersonic seaplane

Lockheed-Martin fifth generation stealthy plane

Douglas Skyknight night fighter

Grumman F3F U.S. Navy biplane fighter

Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard V-8

McDonnell Douglas Phantom classic

Boeing Navy F4B/Army P-12 biplane

Douglas Skyray sound

Chance Vought Corsair doing a loop

Northrop F-5 sound

Grumman Hellcat sound

Grumman Tigercat sound

Vought Cutlass sound

Vought Crusader sound

North American Twin Mustang sound

Republic Thunderjet sound

North American Sabre sound

Northrop Scorpion sound

Grumman Bearcat big radial in a dive

Lockheed Starfire lights afterburner

Grumman Panther Korean War jet

Boeing Super Hornet carrier trap

Vickers first fighter plane

Fieseler V-1 pulse jet

Fieseler Storch STOL take-off

Fairey Firefly British Naval fighter

Ryan FR-1 Fireball turbojet and radial

Italian Air Team sound

Hawker Fury biplane in line 12-cylinder

Focke Wulf Wurger sound

Focke Wulf first single engine monoplane

Soko G-4 Super Galeb air team

Mitsubishi G4M Betty replica diving

Aerospatiale Gazelle turbine engine

Gee Bee racing aircraft

Giles 202 aerobat

Gotha G WWI heavy bomber

Grumman G-44 Widgeon Sea Plane

Gloster Gladiator WWII biplane

Panavia GR4 Tornado

Saab Gripen multirole fighter

Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer

Hughes H-1 Racer replica

Spruce Goose 8-engine giant seaplane

Harrier Jump Jet loud

BAE Hawk performing at air show

Heinkel bomber restored sound

Heinkel He-111Z "Zwilling" 5 engines

Heinkel He-162 fastest WW 2 jet

Heinkel He-178 world's first jet plane

Heinkel He-219 Owl night fighter

Heinkel He-280 first jet fighter

NASA's Helios 14 electric motors

Henschel Hs-123 biplane radial

Grumman HU-16 Albatross take-off

Hawker Hunter jet war bird

Hawker Hurricane V-12 fast pass

Polikarpov I-15 Chaika looping

Polikarpov I-16 Rata fly-by

Industria Aeronautica Romania 80

Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik 1,720 hp V12

Ilyushin IL-76 roar of 4 turbofans

Frecce Tricolori at air show

Chengdu J-10 fighter goes vertical

Mitsubishi J2M Raiden 14 cylinder radial

Piper J-3 Cub taking off

Kyushu J7W Japanese pusher prop

SEPECAT Jaguar ground attack jet

Blue Impulse air team performing

Japanese A6M Zero sound

Saab JAS-39 Gripen low and fast

Junkers Ju-287 experimental jet

Junkers Ju-390 six engine bomber

Junkers Ju-87 Stuka sound

Junkers Ju-88 twin V-12 flying low

Kawasaki Ki-100 Goshiki big radial

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa fly-by

Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu twin engine

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hein in-line V12

Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate taking off

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