low flying planes
low flying planes
#1low flying planes
Posted: 11/9/08 at 10:27pmThis is completely random, and not meant to offend anyone, but does anyone else get nervous now when you see (or hear) a low-flying plane? I've been living in Chicago for about 3 years now and I know these planes are just coming into O'Hare to land but hearing/seeing them out my window (a multi-story apartment building) still makes me nervous sometimes.
#2re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 9:55amWell, I live in Manhattan, so it makes sense to me. I don't notice so much, but my bf gets verrrrry tense when he sees them.
#2re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 10:04am
There's a beach on the Dutch side of the Island of St Martin so close to the airport that people have to hold down their beach blankets when the planes land.
There's also a beach bar there and people get drunk and feel the jet draft.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#3re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 10:10am
Good grief, that would freak me out! Not so much in connection to 9/11, but just from the standpoint of feeling helpless next to such size and power!
San Diego's airport is tucked in right near the downtown area, and it can still jar me to glance up and see a huge jet looking like it's flying straight into the heart of the downtown high-rises.
#4re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 10:18am
I LOVE flying into San Diego....and enjoyed it for the 8 years I lived there.
BUT....I HATE when it gets really hot here, as the planes descend quicker, and once right after we moved here a plane landed really low and I swear it almost touched our roof.
So I called the airport and complained, and talked to a very nice guy who said he'd look into it. (The plane had no markings and was a large jet).
Within 15 minutes he called back and explained it was John Travoltas plane.....
I politely told him, I didn't care if it was the plane carrying the Pope, and that to please tell Mr. Travolta to watch it!
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#5re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 1:04pmOMG, remind me never to go to that beach! That would totally freak me out!
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#8re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:35pmThink of the damage to your ears, little cheese!
#9re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:44pm
Here's a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7s26o4yUn8
Believe it or not, people study the airline schedules and go to the beach on purpose.
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#11re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:48pm
I like this one. This guy really gets into it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnGgVkRPfzQ
#12re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:49pmThat's insane! Those pictures almost look photoshopped or something. Freaky (and also like 30% cool, lol)
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#13re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:49pm
LOL!
I just showed that video to my 5 year old and he totally wants to go there.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
LePetiteFromage
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#16re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:52pm
Watch the woman at the end scream.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-9G8z4RCI
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#17re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:53pmWe've now watched like 5 of these videos!
#18re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 4:56pmWoah. No thanks!
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#19re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:04pm
Just so you know--there are about 2 dozen beaches around the edge of St Martin--the planes fly ONLY over that one, on the Dutch side.
Over on the French side, there are unspoiled beached that are completely peaceful, like Baie Rouge: 
SweetQintheLights
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
#20re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:06pm
WoW!
I have lived near the Ft. Lauderdale airport for 5 years now. When I moved here, the planes seemed to be extraordinarily low. Now, I've gotten used to them.
The first 18 years of my life, I lived in PA, an hour from the Philly airport. So, the planes weren't all that low. However, I was home for Thanksgiving a couple years ago and there was a plane so close that I felt my house vibrate.
When driving to the airport, there have been planes so close I was sure they were going to land on the top of my car.
#21re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:10pmIt's like that some places near O'Hare too on the interstate. Crazy!
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#22re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:14pm
My dad was driving up 395 in Virginia on 9/11 and the plane that crashed into the Pentagon flew right over him, and he was like "whoa, that plane is low"
Scary.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#23re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 5:44pmI have been in the car passing the area where the planes land at LaGuardia. If the car has the sunroof open it can be kinda scary considering that they are low flying over cars on the Grand Central.
#24re: low flying planes
Posted: 11/10/08 at 7:49pmIt was weird when I first started going to school. I'm at the University of Rochester, which is about five minutes from the Rochester airport, so it was a bit of an adjustment.
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