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 ...
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I recorded this low and slow fly by at the Sandpoint airport on August 11, 2012. The Antonov An-2 is a single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed in the USSR in 1946. This aircraft is a Polish PZL-Mielec built An-2 and was built in Poland in 1982.
The An-2 is used as a light utility transport, parachute drop aircraft, agricultural work ...
More →A Boeing B-17 bomber “Nine-o-Nine” stopped in Sandpoint Idaho on June 25, 2012 and I was there to record the amazing sound this plane makes with the Sennheiser MKH-8040ST. It was a beautiful, sunny summer day out on the airfield. I had no idea this plane was going to be in town that day. I only found out as I was recording bullet impacts and I heard this faint rumble-drone sound. I looked up and saw a B-24 bomber heading ...
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This second part in the series details the process of capturing the sound inside the plane during flight and the other sounds the plane makes like the wing flaps, rudder, doors, etc.
After recording the engines and the plane flying around I tackled the interior during flight. The first flight had the D-50 inside and recorded the ...
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For two years in a row I’ve been recording the local airplane fly in here in Sandpoint Idaho. This event features many small vintage and modern airplanes on display and flying around during a hot August weekend at the local airport. The first year I attended I had low expectations on what kind of sounds I would ...
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