Are you near or on a flight path?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169940)
United States
November 2, 2017 4:03pm CST
One thing about this area is that there are few commercial jets that come through here. We are not near any airports nor any flight paths. I saw a commercial jet today which is a rarity. Once in awhile there are some military jets that fly over the nuclear plant..and some private planes are in the area as some people fly to the lake on weekends..but in terms of big jets they are few and far between..Do you see jets on a regular basis?
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
3 Nov 17
@DianneN I always think it's fun on a plane to follow the little GPS map thingy on the seat back to see the path the plane is taking. It also makes you less impatient..because you really are making progress!
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@DianneN (246720)
• United States
3 Nov 17
@snowy22315 The flight path looked as if it went over CT. I know I've recognized things leaving from New York and flying over CT on clear days before we gained too much altitude. So..... lol!
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Nov 17
The only planes we normally see are rescue planes or helicopters and water-bombers carrying water to put our bushfires. Occasionally we'll see a jet trail high above. Oh and there used to me a man in an ultra-light thing that would buzz over. I swear he had a lawn-mower engine in it and he just sat above it in the open air.
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@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Nov 17
@snowy22315 I haven't seen this guy for ages. I hope he hasn't crashed.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
3 Nov 17
@JudyEv I hope not, but those ultra lights are not very safe.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Yeah, this time of the year the little air strip near here isn't used much.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
3 Nov 17
@snowy22315 The one near me is in constant use.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
3 Nov 17
We often see commercial planes flying past our area but military jets are very few.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Nov 17
We are far from an airport and not in a flight plan, we see jets way up high but that's about it. We do see crop dusting planes though pretty cool to see them in action.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
3 Nov 17
In guess it would be not sure I havebseen one of them in real life.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Nov 17
@snowy22315 I hadn't until we moved to the country. They grow a lot of corn and soy beans around here.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
2 Nov 17
I don't live far from our local airport so we get planes flying over often.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
You do get used to it..My son used to live close enough to the metro to hear announcements from the train. He just tuned it out after awhile.
@Deepizzaguy (94514)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Nov 17
There are a few jets in my neighborhood since the airport is south of my neighborhood unlike my former neighborhood in Metairie where they was plenty of airplanes flying over Lake Ponchatrain toward Kenner.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Yes, I used to be closer to National Airport and saw and heard plenty of planes..
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Nov 17
No I do not but I used to live by an airport, thank God I moved!
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
3 Nov 17
got tired of all the dishes rattling in the cupboard huh?
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Nov 17
The local airport is far enough away as to be of no concern.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Sometimes we see bi planes..which is kind of cool.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
2 Nov 17
Yep, I am near an airforce base and 2 airports. So we here a lot of planes, jets, bi-planes, a lot of things. My house actually shakes when a helicopter goes by if it flys just low enough.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Wow, that must be a little scary. We have had some low flying copters here at times..and I am not sure what they are doing!
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
2 Nov 17
@snowy22315 We are just a few miles away from the bad neighborhoods, so helicopters fly low because sometimes the bad guys run to over here.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
2 Nov 17
We see little single person planes during the summwr but not many jets. Sometimes but not often or if we do they are way way way up
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Airplane travel is safer than driving a car..You can get used to anything.
@FourWalls (62120)
• United States
3 Nov 17
I don't live all that far from the airport; however, they don't fly directly over my house. The only "flight path" I have to deal with on occasion is from Fort Knox.
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@snowy22315 (169940)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Yeah, if you are too close to an airport planes can shake the house..Lake Anna airport is close to here but that is just an airstrip..once in awhile you see a plane but it is not used a lot.
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