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GingerStorm
03-17-2009, 10:29 AM
Why on earth would two apache (sp?) helicopters fly over Charlotte? I was cleaning up the kitchen (DADDY IS COMING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL TODAY!) and all of a sudden I heard helicopters, but they were so loud I thought one was landing in my cul-de-sac! So I walked to the front door and heard the loud *WOOSH* and ran to my back porch in time to see them fly directly over my house... it was a little freaky! My cat was scared sh!tless and my whole house shook!

Does anybody know why that would happen? I'm gonna look it up on my news sites in a little bit, but I wanted to post up and see if anybody had any insight!
Joe-Nathan
03-17-2009, 11:25 AM
That is something they call training manuvers/site seeing. When we had the A-10 wing in Alexandria, they (A-10's) would fly over to Henderson and practice straffing runs on us innocent fishermen. Henderson is about 100 miles form the old air base.

A-10 - my all time favorite!
GingerStorm
03-17-2009, 11:32 AM
nice! Thank you for telling me that... it does make a little sense :)

They were SO LOUD! It definately gave me a scare
StormRider
03-17-2009, 01:30 PM
I'd like to land my apache in your cul-de-sac, GingerStorm!!
Katfive
03-17-2009, 01:41 PM
Seems to be a lot of activity at that heliport!
StormRider
03-17-2009, 04:50 PM
saaaaaa-nap!
Windwatcher
03-17-2009, 05:22 PM
Checking out forest fires close to your area? They do that around here sometimes.
StormRider
03-18-2009, 05:43 PM
Checking out forest fires close to your area? They do that around here sometimes.

Couldn't be. Ginger has said before that there are no bushes in her cul-de-sac.
GingerStorm
03-18-2009, 10:16 PM
yeah I trim the bushes often... though Travis helps