Turbolag Posted December 29, 2015 Posted December 29, 2015 I catch myself looking up at the sky a lot when I'm outside walking. Always looking for an airplane or chopper. Whenever I see one, I always think to myself: I wonder where they're going. I wonder what the view is like. Are they recreational or commercial pilots? Or if it's a nice day: man I would love to be up and see the view! And then start day dreaming about flying. Just wondering if anyone else does that? Haha, sometimes I have to remind myself to look in front of me so I don't run into someone, or an object. 2 Quote
tradford Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 The sound of rotor blades always gets my attention. I get a real charge when it's one of ours. It makes me wonder if folks look up at me when I'm the one passing overhead. 1 Quote
Nearly Retired Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Yeah, I still do that. I'd bet that even ol' Avbug does too. Once you've tasted flight...what's that quote? But seriously, once you are a pilot you will *always* be looking skyward. For one thing you'll become an avid student of the weather. And yes, anytime you hear the faintest hint of an aircraft, your eyes will be scanning from horizon to horizon looking for it. Trust me, it never stops. 2 Quote
Turbolag Posted December 30, 2015 Author Posted December 30, 2015 Yeah, I still do that. I'd bet that even ol' Avbug does too. Once you've tasted flight...what's that quote? But seriously, once you are a pilot you will *always* be looking skyward. For one thing you'll become an avid student of the weather. And yes, anytime you hear the faintest hint of an aircraft, your eyes will be scanning from horizon to horizon looking for it. Trust me, it never stops.I know exactly the quote you're referring too! I saved it. What an awesome quote! Quote
SBuzzkill Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 I do it so often that I bought an app that tells me where all the IFR traffic is from, headed to, how high they are, how fast they are going, what airline, etc. My wife laughs at me every time I walk outside to see something new. 1 Quote
Jhanner1 Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Yeah, I still do that. I'd bet that even ol' Avbug does too. Once you've tasted flight...what's that quote? But seriously, once you are a pilot you will *always* be looking skyward. For one thing you'll become an avid student of the weather. And yes, anytime you hear the faintest hint of an aircraft, your eyes will be scanning from horizon to horizon looking for it. Trust me, it never stops.Your right about the weather, before I started flying I never noticed wind, now I'm constantly watching it. 2 Quote
SBuzzkill Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Wind, clouds, precipitation, visibility, temperature... "Would I go flying today? Nah, a cup of coffee in the office sounds better. Good thing it's Saturday and I'm going to a movie." 1 Quote
Jaybee Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 When I still lived on the Panhandle of Florida, I would get up off the couch and walk outside whenever I heard wop wop wop, I was near Hurlburt and there was always SpecOP birds doing sh*t along with a metric sh*t ton of TH 57 from Whiting Field hitting up Bob Sikes and down in Destin there were always birds from Rucker and Coasties from Mobile. My neck always hurt. 1 Quote
napoleonpp Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 When I still lived on the Panhandle of Florida, I would get up off the couch and walk outside whenever I heard wop wop wop, I was near Hurlburt and there was always SpecOP birds doing sh*t along with a metric sh*t ton of TH 57 from Whiting Field hitting up Bob Sikes and down in Destin there were always birds from Rucker and Coasties from Mobile. My neck always hurt.I've been down at Hurlburt a lot on trips doing training over the water. I always loved that area. Especially McGuires. I was a 47 crew member and we used to play around on the beach down there. We could be playing volleyball or something on the beach and everyone would look up anytime a helicopter flew by, military or civilian. Every time we had one guy ask if we all forgot what we did for a living haha Quote
Wally Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Always looking for the helicopter I hear. Not so much for airplanes. Apparently aviators see weather differently as well. Where's the wind? What are the clouds trending towards? My jaw drops when I hear people talking about it raining on one side of the street and how odd that is- "you'd think it would rain everywhere at once..." 2 Quote
Turbolag Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 I do it so often that I bought an app that tells me where all the IFR traffic is from, headed to, how high they are, how fast they are going, what airline, etc. My wife laughs at me every time I walk outside to see something new.Wow there's an app that tells you that stuff?! We have traffic over our house all the time. We're not too far from the local municipal airport, and I think we must be in a pattern for Bush or Hobby. Because we get regional jets flying over here all the time. Sadly, I know it's usually the Saab 340, or American Eagles Embraier. Not 100% on the Embraier, but I think it is. Most of the helicopter traffic I notice is around town. Quote
SBuzzkill Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 You actually don't even need the app. Flightradar24.com 1 Quote
Nearly Retired Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I use Flightaware.com and hit the "Nearby Me" button if I don't want to go to all the trouble of entering my home airport. Quote
adam32 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I don't look up at first, I'll listen for a minute to figure out what type of helicopter it is and then when it's closer I'll look up and see if I was right...a K-Max got me the other day lol 2 Quote
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