Yesterday, I heard a helicopter coming from the North. I always go outside and see if it's Life Flight or Military... I have never heard a Helicopter approaching as fast as this was, so I decided to forget the camera(I was half way across my living room,heading for the camera). As I turned around to run outside, it was over my house. I heard the thump, thump, thump of a helicopter, but there was also the whine of a jet engine.

I sprinted outside and it was gone. I could faintly here the thumping from the blades but no whine. What ever it was, it was hauling major a$$. I've never seen a helicopter go as fast as this thing sounded and I most certainly have never heard a jet engine whine coming from a chopper. Any thoughts of what it could have been?

For the people that know how to check flight patterns. It was between 2:15-- 2:30 PM. I'm in East Peoria, Illinois and it was headed South.

Just for perspective, this thing was going 2-3 times faster than I've ever seen Life Flight go. And it hauls at times.

Thanks in advance for any ideas of what it could have been.

No, I did not see it. It was going to damn fast. I don't have that big of a house, so I have no clue how I could have missed it. When I got outside it was gone. Kinda an overcast day, but I could still see pretty far...

It sounded like a Helicopter from afar, but when it was above the house, you could clearly hear a jet engine. At first I thought maybe it was a chopper and a plane flying together, but I've never heard or seen a chopper go by that fast. It was incredibly fast. I'm fairly close to an airport, so I see and hear planes and choppers go by daily.

Thanks for the reply.

Rob

Originally posted by KawRider9

I sprinted outside and it was gone.

LOL@Sprinting to see what it was. Helter-skelter much?

Probably a V22 Osprey, Chicken Little.

As others have noted, sounds like V-22 Osprey.

Oh my god. I am outrageously happy to see this.

I had the same experience and you described the sound perfectly.
It's been driving me crazy.

I was also lucky enough to see it, as it was relatively low.
It was at night, so I couldn't make out much, but I distinctly remember
noticing that that backside of it (tail area) was flat and slanted upwards.
I think that plane was it.

Double post.

Most helicopters flying today have turboshafts, which are jet engines. The "jet engine" sound is generally masked by the rotor sounds.

The V-22 also uses turboshafts.

(And I still rush my old bones outside when I hear a low-altitude or unfamiliar aircraft too)