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Re: Loud noise, low plane?



ethan@sunsite.unc.edu (Ethan Clauset) wrote:

>I live about 8 miles west of Chapel Hill, near Frosty's.  This morning at
>about 11:15 am a plane flew overhead at a low enough altitude that I
>thought I was going to die.  As far as I could tell it was headed roughly
>south.  I'm not an expert on altitude judging, but it sounded like it
>couldn't have been more than 4-5 hundred yards off the ground, traveling
>fast enough to make an extremely loud noise and stir up a nice breeze.. 
>Anyone else hear/see this?  I was freaked out enough to start screaming
>out the window.  I didn't actually see it, just heard it.  Am I 
>hallucinating again?

>Ethan
>eclauset@webslingerz.com

There are a number of "high speed oil burner" routes that pass through
the triangle area;  i.e. corridors for low level military training
flights.  
JBS

John Sessoms
jsessoms@nando.net