My favorite aircraft sound is a P51 making a low high speed pass. There is nothing like the sound of that Packard built Merlin low and hot!

I have several favorites - I love the sound of helicopters - must be all that time listening for the sound of my ride home when I was a light infantryman:-H , second the sound a gatling gun makes, from the 30mm in a Warthog to the small cannon in the A-37B, as a "ground hog" the sound of "ripping fabric" gets your attention , and finally the sound of a P51 flying laps around Smyrna, TN when it was performing touch n' goes at the old Sewart AFB!

I love the sound of yelling "It's Finally Finished!"

I don't hear it too often, though.

Mika

My brother used to record F-18 taxiing off the runway. He would then get LARGE speakers, hook up the bass, and drive down a neighborhood slowly, with the volume all the way up!

As for me, I LOVE the sound of the SBD Dauntless when it's taxiing off. It sounds good like a Dauntless should..... :-)

Well at the Chino Airshow last May I had the pleasure of hearing a B-17 warming up it's engines before take off accompanied by 4 B-25's now that can tug at the old heart strings.

I just noticed this thread; I don't get over to these wingy things much. I live about 5 miles from Peterson AFB. I get to watch the Thunderbirds practice for the Air Force Academy’s graduation. I also get to hear C130s, C5s, C17s. I've also lived near Luke AFB where I could hear F15s. Once in a while I would go down to Tuscan and see and hear A10s. All of these are great planes and have a great sound, the "sound of freedom." But for my money give me a Mustang or a Spitfire roaring by at tree top level with that engine singing along. Gives me shivers just thinking about it. Of course throw a B17 into the mix, which I've also seen overhead here, and you've got heaven on earth.

Mine is a customer paying his bill and taxiing away.
Eric

To add to my previous post...

I remember when I was about 11 or 12 years old hearing a the most earth-shuddering sound... the whole family ran out into the garden to see a Vulcan lining up for a hedge-hopping pass over the Biggin Hill Airshow... truly awesome

Rowan

Sitting in a friends house one Sunday afternoon with a glass of Frances finest in my hand,and i heard this sound,i said "Spitfire) and rushed out into the garden,"how can you tell" he said,"how can you not " i replied.
Arthur

I would have to say that the sound that an A-10 makes when it's buzzing over you is a most unforgettable and great sound, but a chilling and emotional sound is one I heard on Sept. 11, 2002. When i was standing outside and 4 F-15's flew in low for a memorial fly-by over Yankee Stadium just before a game. Guess lucky for me that I live in the flight path between Cape Cod and Yankee Stadium.

For this is an easy one after spending 7 months in Iraq

The sound of an Apache over head while on a convoy.

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Four things for me:

Huey, any V-12, any radial, afterburner.