Posted on 01/19/2013 4:15:23 PM PST by NoGrayZone
Question....why would an airport redirect it's flights? I am a smoker and live in a smoke free apt. So I go outside to smoke my butt.
I noticed tonight, just this past 20 minutes ALL flights have been flying over our home.
They were so low, which is why I noticed the 1st one. Then 3 more came. I stayed after I finished my butt to see how many came over.
It was constant. I have lived here over 7 years and have never seen such a thing. Is it normal for airports to "reroute" their planes in such a way?
These planes are SO low. I have NEVER seen such a thing since I have lived here.
Yes I'm logged in and yes I am wearing my tinfoil hat.
I am just looking for an explanation as to why an airport would redirect all their planes this way.
I suspect they were playing “Follow the Leader” and the leader went the wrong way.
Noticed the same event in Louisville.
Thanks so much for the info. My grandson will particularly enjoy this and it will be such an awesome learning experience for him.
Used to go up with friends who had their own planes long ago and worked in Flight Operations with TWA for many years. Can’t afford charter flights, my old buds have had to retire their wings and I refuse to go near an airport as long as TSA is involved but we can at least now go there via your most helpful guidance.
Could be many different reasons.
Weather? a storm front,
wind shifts,
wind sheer,
president in area
work of runway
some type of emergency at airport
even something as simple as a kook shining a laser in pilots eyes
I remember once flying from Tampa to Dulles and a huge storm forced us to fly at about 3000 feet along the east coast of Florida to avoid said weather.
Great view of the entire coast.
The weather just took an extreme dip in temps. -2 for a high on Monday.
Hope you're doing well.
Were any of the aircraft painted completely black?
Re: “not landing by the book”. Add to that a slight tailwind with snow on the runway and you have an excursion onto city streets as Southwest did at Midway a few years ago. Good habits are essential to being a successful pilot.
Bat
Noise abatement. Not that the takeoffs and landings are any quieter, just that they are directed over less populated areas.
It’s not the airport, the airport does not control any airspace. It would be air traffic control. Aircraft, to the maximum extent, land and takeoff into the prevailing wind. At most locations the wind direction is usually the same during the year. During some parts of the year, often winter, the wind direction changes causing the aircraft to land and takeoff in a different direction. Another reason could be construction at the airport. If a major runway is closed for construction, cleaning, repairs, etc., aircraft will have to use a different runway, often on the opposite side of the airfield.
A-1D Skyraider, what an awesome machine!
Looks like he just brought Crispy Critters on some National Liberation formation.
I’m okay on the A-1D but what is that other plane? An English Tornado? Or one of ours?
That’s a British-designed Harrier, AKA “jump jet”. The USMC has operated quite a few of them, including service in Afghanistan.
There were some Harriers at Kandahar Airfield when I was there. Sounded like a damn Space Shuttle launching when they took off.
Just wondering if it was one of ours or not. I think it is since it’s been photo’d by an American C-130 flying above it.
RAF Harrier GR.3. The USMC operated variations of the GR.1 (short pointy nose as opposed to the longer one with the bombing aid) as the AV-8A and C.
The Marines currently operate two variants of the AV-8B, which the Brits operated variants of as the Harrier GR.5, 7 and 9. Basically McDonnell Douglas took the Harrier concept and replaced the typical Brit engineering with good ‘murican engineering and produced a much superior aircraft. ;-)
I’m in the suburbs, very populated. I noticed today the planes are no longer coming overhead.
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