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Woke up early to my bedroom buzzing... a low turbo prop buzzing. Go out and look and it was this guy. Doing touch and go’s and other stuff at the Air Guard Base about 2.5 miles SE of me. My house is on the flight line of one the runways. I work mids but, really don’t mind these guys and gals taking care of business!!! Better than my neighbor’s leaf blower. I had to run errands and workout so I took this crappy cellphone pic from the end of my cul de sac. [IMG:left]  [/IMG]This message has been edited. Last edited by: 357fuzz, | ||
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Your house is on the flightline? | |||
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Well. Sort of.. you can make a line to the end of the runway from my driveway. I am about 2.5 miles from it. I suppose it is not technically the flight line but, they have to come over to get that one runway they were using. Technically the flight line is where the planes are at the airport, correct? I should have phrased it better. Sorry. | |||
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Is that a C-130? ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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I'm not sure but I think the term is Flight Path. | |||
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Yep. A C-130. They come around every once once in a while. Our local base is a Air Refueling Wing so lots of tankers. Offutt is only about 90 miles away so their surveillance and other type aircraft come around once in a while too. Sioux Falls and Des Moines are still fighter bases so quite often see F16s cruising around. The base also has a paint shop so other types of aircraft come around as well. Sometimes those guys and gals kick it in the rear on takeoff I swear they are trying to make the paint dry quicker!!! | |||
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I think you are right. I couldn’t think of the term and flight line was locked into my brain box. | |||
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Flight line is the place where the airplanes park at the airport, sometimes called the "apron" or "ramp." Putting one's home there might be a collision hazard.  A home on the departure path just off the end of the runway would be on the extended runway centerline. The C-130 is a great airplane when the wings stay on. | |||
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Des Moines lost their F-16s five or six years ago, they now fly/control the MQ-9 Reaper but none are based there. https://www.132dwing.ang.af.mil/ I too enjoy getting buzzed. I retired from 182AW in Peoria 10+ years ago, they're still flying the C-130H3.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Sigmund, | |||
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Isn't flight line what they use to carry the buckets of prop wash around? | |||
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That, and to reel in fish. Jet wash, now. | |||
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I can confirm that an AC-130 can fill the side window of a Cessna 172 from 3 miles away when it's coming straight at you. | |||
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Did not know that about the Des Moines unit. Cool. Thanks. Peoria? My daughter was thinking about going to Bradley. | |||
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357fuzz - I feel for ya. You made the unforgiveable mistake of using the wrong word on this forum & my prediction is that you may never hear the end of it. There is precious little forgiveness here. ...FredT "...we have put together I think the most extensive & inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics." - Joe Biden | |||
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when I used to ride a mountian bike in the local state park, if you ventured off the trails (we rode hiking trails and fire roads then) you would sometimes get buzzed by police helo's. apparently someone was growing some weed in the park,,, meanwhile re the pic, you are in the midwest, and there is a cornfield,, ,be careful, it's almost Halloween https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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In Ohio, there was a nudist camp located in Holmes County. Somehow it was on the low level training route used by C130’s and ONG helicopters. Sgt. USMC 1970 - 1973 | |||
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Yep. My sinuses hate this time of year. Nice for the color changes though. This is typical for my area or any area that is larger or growing in the Midwest. Houses and/or business/utilities on two or three sides and a cornfield/beanfield in the middle. I suppose it is the same everywhere. Crops here and where you are possibly an area of trees or rock type formation. Children of the Corn!!!! | |||
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Amazing how that happens..... | |||
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I am pretty sure you are correct. Oh, well.... | |||
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