I live near the landing path for Bush International Airport in Houston. Planes put their wheels down for landing basically over my house. Some of them come in so low you can almost see the pilot's eye color.
Nice to know that a neighborhood 5G tower may one day send a plane corkscrewing into Lake Houston.
incidentally, about 1 in every 100 landings, you can hear when a plane is having serious problems. Last night, I heard an awful groan from a passenger jet landing at Bush Airport. Right after the wheels went down and the jet engines split open in order to slow down the speed of airplane for landing, thrust reversal... the plane let out a loud groan that sounded like a fog horn giving birth.
It becomes so common place that it's just part of the background after a few weeks. In fact, you start missing it if the planes stop coming in for a landing.
You can look out at night and see the rows of planes to the eastern horizon jockeying into position and lining up for landing behind each other. It becomes almost like turning on a fan at night. You get so used to the fan's droning noise, that it's hard to sleep without it after a while. Same thing with airplanes.
Only difference is that you can always tell when there is something wrong with a plane. The sound is different, or movement is strange. People who fly don't realize just how often it happens and they may never know about it. However, from the ground it's apparent when something is wrong. For me, that's about two or three times each week.
I like being on the landing path. Have you ever heard of a plane crashing SHORT of a runway? Nope.
If a plane is going to have problems, its either on takeoff, during mid flight or overshooting the runway.
Also, if chem-trails are real... they've already exhausted the Juice supply well before landing time, so there's none left in the tank for me to worry about. Everyone else gets it, but my area stays clean.
I live near the landing path for Bush International Airport in Houston. Planes put their wheels down for landing basically over my house. Some of them come in so low you can almost see the pilot's eye color.
Nice to know that a neighborhood 5G tower may one day send a plane corkscrewing into Lake Houston.
incidentally, about 1 in every 100 landings, you can hear when a plane is having serious problems. Last night, I heard an awful groan from a passenger jet landing at Bush Airport. Right after the wheels went down and the jet engines split open in order to slow down the speed of airplane for landing, thrust reversal... the plane let out a loud groan that sounded like a fog horn giving birth.
Someone should get that checked.
I gotta know, how do you get sleep at night?
It becomes so common place that it's just part of the background after a few weeks. In fact, you start missing it if the planes stop coming in for a landing.
You can look out at night and see the rows of planes to the eastern horizon jockeying into position and lining up for landing behind each other. It becomes almost like turning on a fan at night. You get so used to the fan's droning noise, that it's hard to sleep without it after a while. Same thing with airplanes.
Only difference is that you can always tell when there is something wrong with a plane. The sound is different, or movement is strange. People who fly don't realize just how often it happens and they may never know about it. However, from the ground it's apparent when something is wrong. For me, that's about two or three times each week.
Once per month, you get one that's REALLY bad.
Thanks for your reply. I'm sure you've had to answer this more than once in your life, but I was genuinely curious.
You would be right at home sleeping in your bunk during Flight OPS, underneath the flight deck of one of our Aircraft Carriers : )
Have you ever thought about moving?
I like being on the landing path. Have you ever heard of a plane crashing SHORT of a runway? Nope.
If a plane is going to have problems, its either on takeoff, during mid flight or overshooting the runway.
Also, if chem-trails are real... they've already exhausted the Juice supply well before landing time, so there's none left in the tank for me to worry about. Everyone else gets it, but my area stays clean.
Not trying to be an asshole, but how about not living around an airport?
Could have been brake shudder.