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I love jet noise.
These guys keep flying over my house. I guess it is an airshow weekend!! This year the slot pilot flies directly over my house at very near mach, and about 500 feet agl. these guys are higher though.
 
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10-01-2009, 04:25 PM
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Sweet!
One of the coolest things I've seen is seeing them taking off at dawn and practicing out by El Centro when I was flying down that way. Those guys are top-rate. Amazing pilots.
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10-01-2009, 04:36 PM
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I miss when I used to live on a USAF base in Japan, or around a bunch of USN Air Bases in P-cola. I loved watching/hearing the planes.
Now I live near a very small base (NASA uses it), but very few of the planes fly near my house. I see mostly little trainers (what are they, T5, T38, something like that). Occassionally I'll see something more interesting. There is a Guppy that seems to frequent the area. I've seen it a lot on the ground, and once just after take-off. Crazy thing looks like it shouldn't fly.
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10-01-2009, 05:31 PM
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Yea Steve I see the t-38's almost daily. I am sure they are most likely piloted by the astronauts. The guppy is always a treat to see. It ferries satellites to and from Kennedy.
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10-01-2009, 05:45 PM
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Did you get the memo?
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Awesome. I'm a sucker for a good airshow.
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10-01-2009, 06:16 PM
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Now in 993 land ...
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Just stay far enough away at the air show.
George 
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