Interesting Things You See At Home
Normally it's not too difficult to see the Indiana Air National Guard F-16's taking off from Fort Wayne, especially since Huntington lines up rather nicely with the main 12k' runway. But today my house was buzzed from what looked like an A-10 Warthog at about 300 feet at what I would guess to be 200-300 knots. Unfortunately he wasn't lined up to land/takeoff at either Huntington Airport or Fort Wayne.
Some pilots don't realize that practicing aerobatics over a populated area isn't exactly a good idea, especially with complex machines. While rare, accidents do happen and bringing your plane down in a subdivision as opposed to open cornfield two miles away brings bad karma. :-)
I know the chances of an accident happening are close to zilch, but why the hell tempt fate and not just practice two or three miles down the road.
And yes, he's still out there flying around. Can't miss the sound of low-to-the-ground turbofans.
Comments
I'm reminded of the INANG pilot who got chastised for firing live ammo into some residential buildings back when I stilled lived in Midwest Hell. Do you remember that? :)
Posted by: Derek | August 21, 2003 6:02 PM
No, but I do remember the same guys running late over the South Suburbs of Chicago and kicking it up Mach 1.5 to get back to the base in time. Too bad they didn't have clearence to go supersonic and were only about 15,000 feet up. The boom was quite interesting. :-)
Posted by: Brian | August 21, 2003 6:17 PM