Are the military helicopters active in your area right now?

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guyver01

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once in a while we'll have a 'chopper or a jet flyby....

i'm in Queens, NY.. so i'm not too far from Ground Zero. The president is coming here in about 3 hours to lay a wreath at GZ... so traffic right now is a snarl.

 

bonk102

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Oct 23, 2000
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haven't heard much in buffalo, ny, but then again haven't really gotten out too much yet today, i'm resting up till class time,
 

Scootin159

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Originally posted by: Scootin159
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Yeah they are flying pretty low.

You'd think they'd be around the airport or around downtown Portland although SE Portland is only 5 miles from downtown.

Well I am close to the airport where I am (Rochester, NY btw) so we see planes overhead all the time, but these are about 1/10th the altitude that they normally are.

Seemed to stop at some point in the night....haven't heard a plane at all today.
 

UNCjigga

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Saw the most beautiful thing today--About four or five F-16s flying in formation against the Charlotte skyline. Something to do with memorial services here I guess.
 

JetBlack69

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I saw 4 or 5 fighter jets while walking to my dorm. (Madison, WI) They might be flying around every capital in the country(?)
 

rahvin

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Originally posted by: MajesticMoose
We've helicopters flying all over the place for the past year at home everyonce in a while. Moreso at work though(right b/t a hydro electric damn and nuclear power plant. I remember when there used to be a-10 warthogs flying over my house every day on training flights. Who knows why they were at an army base anyway...

Unless I'm mistaken the A-10 is an army plane and flown by army personel.
 

PCHO

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I've seen a few aircraft here and there against the norm. There is of course the Lawrence Livermore Labs right over the hill so that COULD be why...
 

dabuddha

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i live in northern virginia and work in DC and have been seeing military "vehicles" all day