Livin under Flight Paths (Freer: buying, taxi, live)

[majormadmax]

Nick

Bergstrom closed in 1993, the result of the 1991 BRAC. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport began commercial service in May 1999.

And the comments about Kelly Field were not directed at you, but the original poster. I should have made that more clear, sorry! I too love the sound of airplanes overhead, but a quarter of a century in the USAF will do that to you! As they say, it is the sound of freedom!

Cheers! M2

[smitty12]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

And Kelly Field, where those military planes are from, has been operational since 1916. How long have you lived in your house?

Cheers! M2

There are at least a few buildings in the Kelly flight path older than that on the west side, specifically at St. Mary's University.

I remembered this incident, but went looking up the synopsis in the Express-news archive to make sure I remembered it right....

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June 8, 1993 San Antonio Express-News C-5 drops tire from 2,000 feet over city Thomas Edwards Express-News Staff Writer

Chicken Little has nothing on a 68-year-old man who watched in wide-eyed amazement Monday as a tire plummeted from an Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport plane and landed near a St. Mary's University baseball field. No injuries were reported in the bizarre mishap and the plane, which was on a routine training flight over the city, landed safely at 12:59 p.m. at Kelly AFB, said Capt. David Ebner, a spokesman for the Air Force Reserve's 433rd Airlift Wing

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And some think noise is problematic....

Moderators: this is not the whole article, just the fair use segment from the archive search.

[metalfish]

I guess ive been livin here for 5 months. Before that I actually didnt live too far away but I never heard the planes there. I cant beleive the noise situation never occured to me before moving here.

[mamatotex97]

We hear the military planes/jets all the time as well. There are times I feel they are landing in the backyard. Doesn't bother us. We have lived close to a train before and the train in that situation was worse. At least with these it's cool to sit in the backyard and watch the jets.

[satx56]

I'll never forget the time a C-5 almost squatted on my house on the southside. He was very low and preparing to land at Stinson field by mistake. Scared the @$@# out of me . Engines screaming like a banshee!! I'll never forget that.

[the_dimwit]

Yesterday while driving home on 151, I noticed that the C-5s were doing "go-arounds," which are basically slow approaches followed by a rapid increase in thrust to full power and accelerating away from the runway. The normally "screechy" C-5 becomes a thundering monster during these types of practice runs.

I'm an aviation geek, so I love it. I'm sure a lot of the folks living around the base don't though. (I won't get into who was there first...another poster already did that.)

--Dim

[Lauren0319]

Hmmm.... I guess I live in the flight path (landing), however I'm a good distance away. We live inside 1604 off of Bitters. The planes often come right over our house or 3-4 houses down. We can easily spot ours when landing! (the blue roof on Blattman Elem. makes it easy.)

Anyway, when we first moved in, I couldn't believe how loud it was. Now... I don't even notice it. (thank gawd!) So we're far enough away that it isn't a problem IMO.

[satx56]

Originally Posted by the_dimwit

Yesterday while driving home on 151, I noticed that the C-5s were doing "go-arounds," which are basically slow approaches followed by a rapid increase in thrust to full power and accelerating away from the runway. The normally "screechy" C-5 becomes a thundering monster during these types of practice runs.

I'm an aviation geek, so I love it. I'm sure a lot of the folks living around the base don't though. (I won't get into who was there first...another poster already did that.)

--Dim

I'm out here by Stinson field and I've alwats watched those monsters making turns. They look huge even from here. Stinsons flight path is directly over my house. We get all the little guys but with their improvements we're seeing bigger stuff all the time, We get all the helicopter traffic, police and news stations. Vintage bombers you name it.

[majormadmax]

Originally Posted by satx56

I'll never forget the time a C-5 almost squatted on my house on the southside. He was very low and preparing to land at Stinson field by mistake. Scared the @$@# out of me . Engines screaming like a banshee!! I'll never forget that.

I don't doubt what you saw, but I do doubt that a C-5 was "mistakenly" trying to land at Stinson. More likely it was only shooting an approach, a common training tactic that they do all the time at Kelly. Sometimes it is a touch-and-go, where the landing gear actually hits the runway; and others the crew apply full power while still in the air (saves wear and tear on the landing gear, and also explains your "engines screaming like a banshee" comment). I wasn't aware that they also do that at Stinson; but the chances of it being accidental are very slim...

Cheers! M2

[satx56]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

I don't doubt what you saw, but I do doubt that a C-5 was "mistakenly" trying to land at Stinson. More likely it was only shooting an approach, a common training tactic that they do all the time at Kelly. Sometimes it is a touch-and-go, where the landing gear actually hits the runway; and others the crew apply full power while still in the air (saves wear and tear on the landing gear, and also explains your "engines screaming like a banshee" comment). I wasn't aware that they also do that at Stinson; but the chances of it being accidental are very slim...

Cheers! M2

You'd know better than I. But, I'm pretty sure it was on the news as this guy was lost and was mistaking Stinson for Kelly. I swear he barely cleared our huge Arizona ash. This was late 80's or early 90's.