[F16 1UB]

They were 4 A-10's.....I was trying to take a nap but the noise of my grass growing kept me awake so I was outside getting ready to mow when 4 flew over. Gave me goosebumps. Love those guys - NO record low level flight either. You should have HELL scared out of you if you DON'T see them anymore. Pentagon wants them out of the inventory to be replaced by F-35's. Yeah I miss the fighter business.

[Chi-Town]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

Several neighbors went out and saw that last one go over. My neighbor tells me they were A10 Warthogs.

Video (this is not a video of what happened today): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIJvPj_pjE

Why so low? What they doing? They did not notify me

Wow. Watching that videos sure makes you hope they get the coordinates right.[emoji6]

[mike1921]

They were just checking out the scenery at the pools

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by mike1921

They were just checking out the scenery at the pools

Closer to truth than fiction. I caught many rides on Army choppers from Frankfurt to Stuttgart and every one of them diverted over the same nudist camp...even the one assigned to a four star general.

[pooh]

Scared the heck out of me....the first flew over, then two more, then the final one. They seemed to be going too fast for airport approach...and they seemed just a tad too low.

Don't know why they were flying here at such a low altitude, curious enough to want to know...

[villagetinker]

When I lived up North, we were in the landing flight path for ABE (Lehigh Valley) airport. I got very used to seeing airlines line up on my front window (landing lights) and then turn 90 degrees and head to the airport. Saw and heard several A-10s over the house, I think they did practice landings at the airport. No complaints, I support our armed forces.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by TV MAN

Heard 3 of the jets but only saw 1. It was very low over Amelia. Never ever did I see any this low at that altitude.

I saw three of them because I was in the pool. Noise was deafening and they were flying very low indeed. Their wings slanted back and perhaps because they were so low the speed seemed phenomenal.

[pklein9747]

We were in the Hadley pool when they flew over. The first one really scared us as we didn't see it coming and it was so loud and then so low we thought it was crashing. But then saw each one approaching The Villages and headed Northwest. We speculated that they may have taken off from Leesburg airport as they were so low.

And, yes, that is the sound of Freedom!! Reminded us of watching the Blue Angels in Pensacola!!

[kcrazorbackfan]

Inquiring minds want to know - how low is record low altitude?

Per FAR regulation Sec. 91-119, the definition from Wikipedia is - In aviation (particularly in air navigation), lowest safe altitude (LSALT) is an altitude that is at least 1,000 feet above any obstacle or terrain within a defined safety buffer region around a particular route that a pilot might fly. The safety buffer allows for errors in the air by including an additional area that a pilot might stray into by flying off track. By flying at or above this altitude a pilot complies with terrain clearance requirements on that particular flight leg.

Were there 2 different groups of aircraft? Some reports were of A-10 Warthogs (which cannot sweep back the wings); other reports were of aircraft with swept back wings. Warthogs are fixed-wing tank killing machines.

[F16 1UB]

There were FOUR A-10's. I recognize these things in my sleep. And YES that is the SOUND OF FREEDOM!

[gomoho]

I can tell you I heard that familiar sound (lived near NAS Oceana) in the Blue Ridge mountains this afternoon. Not sure what is going on, but I pray it is the sound of freedom!

[WhoDat]

Flying low and slow is what they do. They are ground support aircraft and the Army loves them. The Air Force not so much because they have to fly low and slow for their mission of killing tanks. This is annual training time for the National Guard and Air Force Reserve. That that might be why they were in the area. Love them!

[Polar Bear]

Shows you what I know...they didn't seem to be flying that slow to me.

[Mleeja]

There was an article in the DS last week about training excercises in the Ocala National Forest. They finally had a good day for flying.

[Topspinmo]

Built few TF34's. A10's BMF ever built. Almost bullet proof! Getting ready to deploy I bet?