Comments on: Seafair air show http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Seafair Weekend | Doug’s World http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-49731 Seafair Weekend | Doug’s World Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:46:40 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-49731 [...] 2006, we fled the area. In 2007, we stayed home and watched the show. This year, we each took a long walk around the area [...] […] 2006, we fled the area. In 2007, we stayed home and watched the show. This year, we each took a long walk around the area […]

]]> By: Doug http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-25085 Doug Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:58:14 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-25085 Hey Charles, hope you and the kids are having fun this summer. Hey Charles, hope you and the kids are having fun this summer.

]]> By: Charles http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24938 Charles Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:32:00 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24938 Sweet pics Douglas. I just popped on for a minute and went to"favorites"which has your website. Kids loved them too !!!!!! Sorry to hear about the phone.......next time be more careful while taking a leak.........talk soon Charles Sweet pics Douglas. I just popped on for a minute and went to”favorites”which has your website. Kids loved them too !!!!!! Sorry to hear about the phone…….next time be more careful while taking a leak………talk soon

Charles

]]> By: Lynn http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24560 Lynn Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:46:17 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24560 We were out in the San Francisco Bay when the Blue Angels were here and I think (at least in our neighborhood) that they are flying a little higher and further away. They use to fly between buildings in San Francisco (as I recollect). They don't even fly over the City anymore. We were out in the San Francisco Bay when the Blue Angels were here and I think (at least in our neighborhood) that they are flying a little higher and further away. They use to fly between buildings in San Francisco (as I recollect). They don’t even fly over the City anymore.

]]> By: Tom http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24559 Tom Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:09:49 +0000 http://chilco.textdrive.com/~dmahugh/2007/08/06/seafair-air-show/#comment-24559 They certainly fly farther out in Chicago than they used to for the Air Show, and I bet it's similar there. I don't know for sure, but I can't imagine that it's not a reaction to 9/11. Used to be we'd get totally buzzed at our place right at the lake (and even several blocks inland), and now they do all of their turns well out over the lake. I'm sure radar and radio security is ridiculously tight for such an event, so maybe they're just trying to alleviate some of the irrational fears people now have about low-flying planes over urban areas. I'm bummed, personally -- I always liked getting that tooth-rattling roar at random times the week before the show. And seeing a stealth bomber go cooking right past your living room window was neat, too. Now they're way out there -- still recognizable if you're right at the lakefront, but not like the weird invasiony feeling it used to have. The other cool thing about that apartment was that every time Bill Clinton was in town, we'd see the presidential helicopters go by our balcony, hugging the lake shore (probably going from the Glenview Air Station to downtown). There were usually three or four Marine copters, sometimes all together and sometimes scattered around. From the ground they were all identical, but one of them held the president. It was just cool to look out and see that go by at eye level. They certainly fly farther out in Chicago than they used to for the Air Show, and I bet it’s similar there. I don’t know for sure, but I can’t imagine that it’s not a reaction to 9/11. Used to be we’d get totally buzzed at our place right at the lake (and even several blocks inland), and now they do all of their turns well out over the lake. I’m sure radar and radio security is ridiculously tight for such an event, so maybe they’re just trying to alleviate some of the irrational fears people now have about low-flying planes over urban areas.

I’m bummed, personally — I always liked getting that tooth-rattling roar at random times the week before the show. And seeing a stealth bomber go cooking right past your living room window was neat, too. Now they’re way out there — still recognizable if you’re right at the lakefront, but not like the weird invasiony feeling it used to have.

The other cool thing about that apartment was that every time Bill Clinton was in town, we’d see the presidential helicopters go by our balcony, hugging the lake shore (probably going from the Glenview Air Station to downtown). There were usually three or four Marine copters, sometimes all together and sometimes scattered around. From the ground they were all identical, but one of them held the president. It was just cool to look out and see that go by at eye level.

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