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When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:32 am
by josh
its hard to stay productive.
Theres an air show by my apartment every few months, makes me feel like im in the middle of a battle zone. Kinda brings up my work ethic though, thinking about the software that runs them.
Just thought I'd share

Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:03 pm
by matthijs
That's pretty cool. Can you actually see them flying by?
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:10 pm
by Doug G
You'll get used to them. One office I worked at was about a mile from the end of the runway at a USMC air station, and all day long pilots practiced touch & go, and the u-turn back to the runway was almost right over us. Got some nice views of I think F18's
They had a yearly air show that brought in the Blue Angels, and we got to watch them practice from our parking lot.
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:52 pm
by alex.barylski
I'm jealous...I'm right under the path way for flights coming in from the East and thats great but fighter planes are far more engaging.
We no longer have the air show locally, they moved it to a small town about 1 hour away.
I watch YouTube videos like this all day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcmQYrtEsPw
Well at least when I'm not writing code or solving problems on paper
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:30 pm
by John Cartwright
josh wrote:its hard to stay productive.
Theres an air show by my apartment every few months, makes me feel like im in the middle of a battle zone. Kinda brings up my work ethic though, thinking about the software that runs them.
Just thought I'd share

There is an air show in Toronto every year, which happens to be minutes from my apartment as well. Every time they pass anywhere nearby the whole apartment shakes and you coudn't hear your own voice if you screamed. Certainly is a challenge if your programming

Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:44 am
by josh
matthijs wrote:That's pretty cool. Can you actually see them flying by?
Dude they shook my whole house. Theres this big lake and im 1 block from the air field. You see them fly by, and then AFTER they're gone you go deaf. lol. They look like they're literally RIGHT outside my window, because they go really high up then do a dive to gain speed, and they seem to use the space above my house for gaining speed, leveling out from times, and turning around, so yeah I think I'm getting a better show then the people at the air show lol. A scarier one at least. I could probably read any words on the tail if there were any.
Its kinda cool though because everyone goes out in to the streets to watch, like everyone ALL over town
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:49 am
by matthijs
So, you have a good house insurance, in case of ... ?
Is it a bit like the airport at st maarten, were people are blown off the beach when airplanes take off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k53tMD43 ... re=related
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:53 am
by josh
heh seen, no I rent
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:34 pm
by alex.barylski
Dude you live in Palm Beach...Florida...
Even with airplanes screaming overhead you have no right to complain.
Actually neither do I...this fall has been waaaay above normal...it's still above ZERO...which for this city is amazing...by end of December I'll be encapsulated and house bound for months under several feet of snow and cold.

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:48 am
by Jonah Bron
matthijs wrote:So, you have a good house insurance, in case of ... ?
Or, more importantly,
life insurance 
Re: When fighter jets keep buzzing your house
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:42 pm
by timWebUK
I used to live in Eastbourne, where they have the UK's biggest airshow every year! That was absolutely crazy. So many people, so many planes, old and new.