DC area aviation nerds: the airboss for the airshow is operating on the Potomac Approach channel, 128.0.
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Instruction everyone serms to be getting: “Turn Right after Washington Monument. Do not overfly the Capitol.” So they fly over the (green) reflecting pool but not the Mall.
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Everyone gets a “nice job” after they make their turn.
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We are now at the “alarmingly loud over all of DC” part of the show.
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Blue Angels coming up in 10 mins. Symphony of Car Alarms coming up in 11 minutes.
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Every time a fighter jet does a loud flyby, I’m transported back to the weeks after 9/11 when combat air patrols were constantly buzzing the city and everyone on the street would involuntarily duck.
Not my favorite kind of Proustian moment.
@mattblaze I live in the UK. I remember distinctly, during a history class in the week that followed 9/11, a fighter jet roaring overhead, not a common sound where my school was located. I jumped and I wasn't the only one. We were all on edge.
@JustinMac84 @mattblaze Last year I managed to photograph a jet display team, going over a castle, from inside a car park.
Still trying to work out a new angle for them this year.
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