VFR, IFR, IFMR

[Michael Blakely]

IFMR = I Follow Mike's Road

I walk the dog every night after it gets dark. Last week, 6 planes flew straight down my street, each about 2 minutes apart, and I'm going to guess altitude between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Now I get a lot of air traffic over my house, and I'm the kind of guy who runs outside and looks up whenever I hear an aircraft, so often I can recognize what it is by the sound. These were jets. They sounded bigger than the biz-jets the fly over on their way to Palomar (KCRQ). They were awful low if they were going all the way to San Diego (KSAN). Most stuff that flies straight down the street is going to Miramar Marine Corps Air Station (KNKX). Perhaps this was a wing of F-18s returning to Miramar from a carrier? Maybe some C-17s bringing equipment back from the Middle East?

By the time I got back to my house and pulled out my binoculars, the stream of aircraft was gone. Sigh. Guess I have to wait till it happens again some day.

[Theodore Martin]

...., and I'm the kind of guy who runs outside and looks up whenever I hear an aircraft, .....

And I thought I was the only guy going outside to look up at a/c flying over....

I'm on the path to KDAL and also live close to KADS so I have 737's going over all the time and have a lot of GA and business jets going by as well. Occasionally get some vintage war planes going over also.

[Rey Ramon]

Haha I do the same thing mike. May be helpful to download the liveatc.net phone app for your android or iphone. Maybe you can scan the local fields to figure out what it is next time you hear them. I've become quite addicted to it. I live close to o PHL and use it quite often to see what's going on. Oh..and it's always fun to listen to tower when there is weather too.