There are F15s doing touch-and-gos over my house!

martha · 10-11-2002, 08:31 PM

That was fast!

We live by a naval reserve base, and now and again the weekend warriors practice flying and parachuting near us. This evening, several F-15s were practicing landing and taking off. They were flying full throttle about 800 feet over our roof!! It was loud, but I'm just a ten-year-old at heart anyway, so I love noisy jets. The day after the votes, and the jets start getting ready?

nbcrusader · 10-11-2002, 09:07 PM

Someone told me the airshow down at Miramar was this weekend.

Once they closed El Toro, I haven't seen the F18s as often.

martha · 10-12-2002, 01:23 AM

We're hours away from Miramar. I think it was just the weekend warriors. The timing was fun, that's all!

MadelynIris · 10-12-2002, 07:33 AM

I like jets too!

I don't think the navy flies f-15s though.

Mark

MissVelvetDress_75 · 10-12-2002, 10:47 AM

my parents house is located right under the flight path of an air force base here in Atlanta. When I was a kid I would hate hearing the jets fly over the house at 7AM. The noise of the jets would wake me up out of a deep sleep and scare the living daylights out of me.

It is also lovely when helicopters fly over too, you would think the windows of the house were about to bust out of the frames.

nbcrusader · 10-12-2002, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadelynIris
I like jets too!

I don't think the navy flies f-15s though.

Mark

F-14s and F-15s look similar - the navy flies F-14s.

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!

cloudimani · 10-13-2002, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MissVelvetDress_75
It is also lovely when helicopters fly over too, you would think the windows of the house were about to bust out of the frames.

I know the feeling, I live near a British Army base in Belfast and the idiots hover up there at all hours of the bloody night and day. For no apparent reason.

cass · 10-13-2002, 04:04 PM

I have lived all my life either to the north or the sdouth of a bombing practice range. F1 11's and now F 18's are a common sight here. Both places I have lived are their point for turning around.
"weekend warriors" I like that term. We used to say when we first heard them after a break...They have just got heir fuel allowance, they burn it up in a few days and we don't hear/see them again for a while.
I also have a regular airport not far to the south, so it can be the most exciting thing I see all day, the vapour trail of a jet heading north. I sometimes wave and say.."have fun..................you lucky bastards!!" j/k

So ya..I'd be excited too.
They used to fly low here, until my Amercian neighbours got on the phone and gave the commandant a blast..LOL. I didn't mind the windows rattling on occassion....don't get me started on the Roulettes

Hang on to your hat

10-11-2002, 08:31 PM	#1
martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,555 Local Time: 05:38 PM	There are F15s doing touch-and-gos over my house! That was fast! We live by a naval reserve base, and now and again the weekend warriors practice flying and parachuting near us. This evening, several F-15s were practicing landing and taking off. They were flying full throttle about 800 feet over our roof!! It was loud, but I'm just a ten-year-old at heart anyway, so I love noisy jets. The day after the votes, and the jets start getting ready? __________________

10-11-2002, 09:07 PM	#2
nbcrusader Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,071 Local Time: 04:38 PM	Someone told me the airshow down at Miramar was this weekend. Once they closed El Toro, I haven't seen the F18s as often. __________________

10-13-2002, 04:04 PM	#8
cass Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Australia. Posts: 6,117 Local Time: 10:38 AM	You too martha? a ten year old at heart? I have lived all my life either to the north or the sdouth of a bombing practice range. F1 11's and now F 18's are a common sight here. Both places I have lived are their point for turning around. "weekend warriors" I like that term. We used to say when we first heard them after a break...They have just got heir fuel allowance, they burn it up in a few days and we don't hear/see them again for a while. I also have a regular airport not far to the south, so it can be the most exciting thing I see all day, the vapour trail of a jet heading north. I sometimes wave and say.."have fun..................you lucky bastards!!" j/k So ya..I'd be excited too. They used to fly low here, until my Amercian neighbours got on the phone and gave the commandant a blast..LOL. I didn't mind the windows rattling on occassion....don't get me started on the Roulettes Hang on to your hat __________________

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10-12-2002, 01:23 AM	#3
martha Blue Crack Supplier Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Orange County and all over the goddamn place Posts: 42,555 Local Time: 05:38 PM	We're hours away from Miramar. I think it was just the weekend warriors. The timing was fun, that's all!

10-12-2002, 07:33 AM	#4
MadelynIris Refugee Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Craggy Island Posts: 1,504 Local Time: 07:38 PM	I like jets too! I don't think the navy flies f-15s though. Mark

10-12-2002, 10:47 AM	#5
MissVelvetDress_75 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: basking in my post-concert glow still mesmerized by the orbit of his hips..Also Holding Bono Close as he requested. Posts: 25,776 Local Time: 08:38 PM	my parents house is located right under the flight path of an air force base here in Atlanta. When I was a kid I would hate hearing the jets fly over the house at 7AM. The noise of the jets would wake me up out of a deep sleep and scare the living daylights out of me. It is also lovely when helicopters fly over too, you would think the windows of the house were about to bust out of the frames.