Sighting report

in article edfbdu$265$1@panix5.panix.com, Paul Frankenstein at X.DeleteThis@x.x wrote
on 9/3/06 12:46 PM:

> That reminds me--I was riding my bike down the Hudson a few weeks, and outta
> nowhere a B-17 (E or F model) appears, cruising along at approx 1000 ft.
> Unfortunately, various trees and trying to not get hit by cars impeded my
> attempts to get a better view of the magnificent beast.

Something big and multi-engined flew low over my apartment a few weeks ago,
and I immediately thought of the Fortress, but never got a look at it, so no
confirmation.

Saw a single engined job about a week ago. It was too high and far away to
get an ID on it, but it looked like some kind of early war fighter, possibly
not of US manufacture.

Michael
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In article <C11CCFD1.2EAFA%emrys@olypen.com>,
Michael Emrys <emrys.TakeThisOut@olypen.com> wrote:
* Spotted: a flight of five F/A-18s in a loose formation on a northerly course
* between Whidbey Island and Quimper Penninsula at approximately 3:30 PM PDT.
* Flying at about 2,000ft at an estimated 400 knots. When spotted, they were
* too far away to make out any details, other than that they were painted a
* medium-gray on their upper surfaces.
*
* That is all.

That reminds me--I was riding my bike down the Hudson a few weeks, and outta
nowhere a B-17 (E or F model) appears, cruising along at approx 1000 ft.
Unfortunately, various trees and trying to not get hit by cars impeded my
attempts to get a better view of the magnificent beast.

p

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Michael Emrys wrote:

> in article edfbdu$265$1@panix5.panix.com, Paul Frankenstein at X DeleteThis @x.x wrote
> on 9/3/06 12:46 PM:
>
>
>>That reminds me--I was riding my bike down the Hudson a few weeks, and outta
>>nowhere a B-17 (E or F model) appears, cruising along at approx 1000 ft.
>>Unfortunately, various trees and trying to not get hit by cars impeded my
>>attempts to get a better view of the magnificent beast.
>
>
> Something big and multi-engined flew low over my apartment a few weeks ago,
> and I immediately thought of the Fortress, but never got a look at it, so no
> confirmation.
>
> Saw a single engined job about a week ago. It was too high and far away to
> get an ID on it, but it looked like some kind of early war fighter, possibly
> not of US manufacture.
>
> Michael
>

I was skydiving once down at Elsinore and got underflown by a B-17
(Sentimental Journey, from the look of her), a B-24, and a a P-51 (maybe
two, I can't recall) flying in formation at about 2500 ft AGL. The
sound all those engines was soooooo neat...

And then I got to hang out in my chute an watch them fly away.

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