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Posted: 3/24/2017 10:22:13 PM EDT

[#1]

OP.. Your tampon is full !

Have been buzzed..

Have been in plane buzzing..

Have witnessed several buzzing's in all manner of aircraft..

Don't care

Posted: 3/24/2017 10:51:38 PM EDT

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It was a low wing single engine with retractable landing gear, painted blue on the bottom and white on top.

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Blue on the bottom and white on the top, eh?

Posted: 3/24/2017 10:52:18 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/24/2017 10:54:24 PM EDT

[#4]

Depends if the pattern was full or not.

Posted: 3/24/2017 10:57:43 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/24/2017 11:05:18 PM EDT

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Try having a couple of A-10 do a simulated strafing/bomb run on you while working out in a large field.

They did it quite often when I was doing custom ag application .
Kinda gives you the willies, I didn't care it was impressive. I'd wave, most of the time they'd wave back, when they peeled off in a 90* bank turn..
Have a buddy who owns a large quarry/gravel plant at The Lake of the Ozarks, they would come in low over the lake and do the same on his place.
He didn't care, but the uppity neighbors complained enough they got it stopped.

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Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

Posted: 3/24/2017 11:06:07 PM EDT

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WTF is a "doctor killer" is it 1965 again? beech bonanzas falling from the sky??!!!? or is that some cutesy leftist term much like those evil automatic assault rifles people don't need because they kill children as soon as you turn your back on them!!

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The OP is like when a child learns a new word and wants to show it off a bunch of times to his friends to impress them

Posted: 3/24/2017 11:31:38 PM EDT

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He was low enough that he rattled my house and if he were going slower I could have easily read the number on the side of the plane. I saw the number, but it came and went so fast it didn't register.

Look, even if I had his number I never said I would report him to the FAA, just wondering if I should. I worry about the "doctor killer" airplanes as some pilot friends have described them. By "doctor killer" they mean someone with enough money to buy some airplane, but not enough experience that they should be flying it because the airplane flies faster than the pilot can manage. I don't need an airplane crashing into my neighborhood.

If he (or she) continued to buzz my neighborhood so low, I'd probably start by looking up his plane, and emailing a picture of it to the pilot if I could find it, just like arfcom did about 15 years ago.

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Even "small" airplanes look deceptively large in the sky with nothing to compare them to. I work on the top floor of a 300 ft tall building and depending on the angle even planes I know are 500 to 1000 feet above me don't look that high even compared to other landmarks of known height.

Sound is hard to judge as well some of the older piston engines are loud as hell and if it was a single engine turboprop or radial even more so

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:14:26 AM EDT

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Must have been taught by my instructor, "always fly a 2 or more color plane. That way witnesses will contradict each other"

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:33:11 AM EDT

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Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

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Try having a couple of A-10 do a simulated strafing/bomb run on you while working out in a large field.

They did it quite often when I was doing custom ag application .
Kinda gives you the willies, I didn't care it was impressive. I'd wave, most of the time they'd wave back, when they peeled off in a 90* bank turn..
Have a buddy who owns a large quarry/gravel plant at The Lake of the Ozarks, they would come in low over the lake and do the same on his place.
He didn't care, but the uppity neighbors complained enough they got it stopped.

Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

Close, but the majority of the time I got "buzzed" was working near Tipton MO, Buddies place is in Gravois Mills

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:36:04 AM EDT

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I like it when airplanes buzz my house. We get a lot of C-130's training for Afghanistan.

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What air base you live by? I'm tempted to say Little Rock.

And no OP, dont rat at this point.

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:36:18 AM EDT

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We get complaints in our Blackhawks all the time. We do our best to fly neighborly, but sometimes you can't avoid things. We use a local airport that has a gov't contract for work on 47s. We'll practice slopes here, roll ons, etc. There's a douche that lives somewhere nearby that likes to take pictures of us with a high power lens so he can report us.

Don't be that douche OP.

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:37:45 AM EDT

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Before ratting anyone out, do you know what the limits are?

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This
And whether or not these limits were violated.

pro-tip the limits change depending on your location.

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:38:37 AM EDT

[#14]

Get the sand out of your vagina.

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:46:14 AM EDT

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OP makes me glad my old 172 had the 3" numbers instead of the currently required 12" numbers!

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:46:36 AM EDT

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And we wonder why everything fun is illegal.

Did he harm you or anything you own? No. He just made you overly concerned. Leave it be.

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:54:07 AM EDT

[#17]

What round?

Posted: 3/25/2017 9:57:57 AM EDT

[#18]

The only plane that buzz my house are A-10s.

'murica, freedom.

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:01:11 AM EDT

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I still remember this one. Article said the people were not home but an adult son was later found dead inside.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ROSEVILLE-Plane-crashes-into-house-2-killed-2523078.php

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:04:11 AM EDT

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"Hello dispatcher, I just moved out to this rural area and someone out here is shooting a gun!"

Jesus Christ OP that's what you sound like. Let it go

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:05:28 AM EDT

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I still remember this one. Article said the people were not home but an adult son was later found dead inside.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ROSEVILLE-Plane-crashes-into-house-2-killed-2523078.php

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Gotta love reporters:

"Kenitzer said his agency's investigation will try to determine the plane's altitude before the crash."

I'd say altitude was about 0.

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:08:16 AM EDT

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There used to be some guy with a Pitts Special give us a free show every once in a while.

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:08:25 AM EDT

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My house gets buzzed every day.

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@RV8guy

Move out of the ghetto!

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:11:25 AM EDT

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If it was Maverick, no

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:13:51 AM EDT

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I'm going counter to the trend here. That pilot should be practicing his strafing on something with no people in it. Don't overrate the ability of people just because they are in an airplane. Airshows are dangerous, amateurs putting on their own airshows is a liveleak video waiting to happen.

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:26:05 AM EDT

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Near .mil low levels? IR/VR routes?

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Though I'm probably 150 miles from the nearest military airfield, I do live on a VR.

This is a common sight from my dining room.

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:39:36 AM EDT

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Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

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A red and white 38' boat makes a nice target for the A10s at LOTO. Glad to help the boys and maybe some girls stay proficient

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:47:39 AM EDT

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I'm going counter to the trend here. That pilot should be practicing his strafing on something with no people in it. Don't overrate the ability of people just because they are in an airplane. Airshows are dangerous, amateurs putting on their own airshows is a liveleak video waiting to happen.

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Gawd, the fun police are thick with it this morning!

Posted: 3/25/2017 10:57:35 AM EDT

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The pilots I know think of the FAA the way gun owners I know think of the ATF.

No, I wouldn't rat him out.

Posted: 3/25/2017 11:03:17 AM EDT

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I would think something like that happening would be cool as fuck.

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This was my thinking as well. I'd love that a few each year. Especially if it were fighter jets and not generic commercial aircraft.

Posted: 3/25/2017 11:18:50 AM EDT

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A red and white 38' boat makes a nice target for the A10s at LOTO. Glad to help the boys and maybe some girls stay proficient

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Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

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A red and white 38' boat makes a nice target for the A10s at LOTO. Glad to help the boys and maybe some girls stay proficient

My thinking exactly, practice on a moving target, in a somewhat, real world situation.
If I wasn't running an AB GPS line , I would do some evasive maneuvers.

Posted: 3/25/2017 11:24:41 AM EDT

[#32]

I refuse to do anything to help the government, especially the FAA.....let 'em burn

Posted: 3/25/2017 11:35:01 AM EDT

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I was in the Army Guard. We were a helicopter unit and got calls every now and then. One guy like OP had called the FAA first.

FAA: Did he hit your house? No? OK then have a nice day.

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Posted: 3/25/2017 11:57:43 AM EDT

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Actual pic of OP:

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Posted: 3/25/2017 11:58:19 AM EDT

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The pilots I know think of the FAA the way gun owners I know think of the ATF.

No, I wouldn't rat him out.

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FAA Mission Statement: We're not happy until you're not happy.

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:01:19 PM EDT

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My thinking exactly, practice on a moving target, in a somewhat, real world situation.
If I wasn't running an AB GPS line , I would do some evasive maneuvers.

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Were you near Climax Springs?

Search 225-227 MHz. You will hear them nearly every day doing CAS training.

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A red and white 38' boat makes a nice target for the A10s at LOTO. Glad to help the boys and maybe some girls stay proficient

My thinking exactly, practice on a moving target, in a somewhat, real world situation.
If I wasn't running an AB GPS line , I would do some evasive maneuvers.

Elgin recently hired a bunch of commercial fishermen to have jets do an exercise where they practiced attacking them

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:01:59 PM EDT

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The pilots I know think of the FAA the way gun owners I know think of the ATF.

No, I wouldn't rat him out.

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The relationship is close to a dog and a fire hydrant.

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:03:43 PM EDT

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I didn't report the guy that landed on the road by my house to go fishing so don't be a bitch.

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:10:38 PM EDT

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lol no

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:14:00 PM EDT

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Pipeline patrol. Chill.

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This.

TC

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:14:23 PM EDT

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I didn't report the guy that landed on the road by my house to go fishing so don't be a bitch.

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report him for what? unless there is a local ordinance preventing it there is nothing to report

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:18:14 PM EDT

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report him for what? unless there is a local ordinance preventing it there is nothing to report

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It was noisy. The tires screeched a little bit when he landed.

My only thought was "lucky"

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:25:27 PM EDT

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Interestingly enough, the same thing happened about 15 years ago when I lived in a different part of the country which lead to the creation of CoC #5. I posted pictures of the plane and people ran his number through the FAA. Within a short amount of time people were posting his name, home address, place of employment and actual pictures of him. IIRC, he was a teacher at a local school and one of the members here was a former student. I sent him a link to the thread on this site and asked him if it was such a good idea to fly so low. SHAZAM! CoC # 5 was born.

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Really? It is probably the same dude or a friend of his messing with you. Things like that happen.

Posted: 3/25/2017 12:33:51 PM EDT

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I'm going counter to the trend here. That pilot should be practicing his strafing on something with no people in it. Don't overrate the ability of people just because they are in an airplane. Airshows are dangerous, amateurs putting on their own airshows is a liveleak video waiting to happen.

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Boooooooo