I was just wondering if anybody has lots of airplanes or helos passing over their houses every day.  I tend to see several 737s and a few DC-10s and sometimes (when the wind is right) 747s on approach into DFW.  Occasionally I'll see a Bell H-13 helicopter (you know, the ones from MASH?) pass over REEEEEAAAALLL low.  Its kinda cool, but loud.

What aircraft do YOU see?

I live on final into Albany (KALB) and here's what I see:

737s
b1900ds


Yep, that's about it.  And when I say 737s, I mean like two.  The rest are all Beechcrafts....sad.

I live on final to Calgary International, so basicly I see all sorts of commercial traffic, and some that isn't. Why just the other day I watched a Canadian Forces C-130 fly over, not really surprising; but what did shock me was the RAF VC-10 that followed not short after.

most of the time Augusta helo's from the belgian army...they are based a few miles from where i live.

during sunday, when we are lucky, we have a Cessna coming over 

and sometimes (read my post here a while back) a F-16 comes over very low, loud and fast!!!  8)

I live in veritable peace and tranquillity, (except when Hagar diverts his Police MD 902 helicopters over my garden just to annoy me instead)..... ...!
We have a few little Cessna 152/172's and microlights chuffin' overhead on occasions, which is nice, and not intrusive.... ...!
If I want a headache and listen to a lot of noisy aircraft all day, I'll get on my bike and go and visit an airport, otherwise I'm quite happy listening to the Sparrows chirping in my garden... 8)...!

LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers all... ...!
Paul....not underneath Heathrow flight path... ...!
(England)

Hey Ken, with those two pictures I think you have covered the entire spectrum of aircraft! LOL

I used to live on the South Shore of Long Island on the beach for 4 years. I was in the appraoch pattern for John F. Kennedy. Now picture this. Every day after work, I would pack a small cooler with a few beers, walk out onto the beach, plop myself down in the sand and watch the aircraft come in one after another. I could almost see the pilots faces. So many liveries, colors, aircraft, it was incredible. From all over the world!!
The concorde would come in the same time every single day. I could actually watch the aircrafts nose extend. She just seemed to hang there as she came in.

Another interesting thing to do would be to watch at night. Now I was on the South shore of Long Island, so I was looking out onto the Atlantic Ocean or looking South "down" the East coast of America. On a clear night all you would see is the lights of the aircraft. The pattern would extend out for miles. They were like little fire flies following each other. When they started to get close, their lights would actually reflect off the ocean waves. That was a great four years of my life. It is where I met my wife.

We have since then moved to the North Shore of Long Island. I am now in the traffic pattern of La Guardia and Islip. Mostly MD 80's, 737's, etc..  I am directly under the approach for an Airport in Connecticut. Don't know which one but the AC are still a little high.

And finally, I am under some sort of pattern for all aircraft above 35.000ft who are headed East out over the Atlantic to most likley alot of you guys. I watch the vapor trail against the sun setting too my West.

I guess that is about it. Oh I also have Republic Airport, Roosevelt Field and the Grumman Airfield all within 20 miles of me.

Dave  8)

An-2s, Mi-24s, and an Mi-2 that belongs to the police and frequently lands in the car park of the sports hall behind us (at least twice a day!).

Ozzy 8)

The usual bunch of 747's and airbusses which hang around schiphol (I live 40Km north of Amsterdam)

Occasional F-16 flight (usually low) and some helos (Lynx, chinook, Bell and sometimes apache)
And in the summer a cessna once or twice in a week

Well, living not ten minutes away from RNAS Culdrose I get Sea king and Merlin helicopters buzzing around all day long. Some times there high sometimes they are very very low. We also get BAe Hawks of which four are based at Culdrose piloted by retired RAF pilots who now play the part of the enemy in excersises. So they fly low and fast... So yeah... We also get all the traffic heading to and from america in the mornings and evenings. Also the odd light aircraft flying in a straight line from somewhere to somewhere else!

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i'm happy i'm not living in the 20Km range of shiphol n the summer, about 1 aircraft (usually 747) every 2 minutes

Most things coming in or out of Glasgow, lots of RN Seakings from Faslane, some CoastGuard S-61's, the odd Sea Harrier when a carrier docks at faslane and lots of Harriers, Tornados and Jaguars buzzing Faslane and transiting to low level training areas.

I only get small aircraft, Cessnas, and Pipers.  I sometimes get 737s up about angels 30 out of Boston.  One time I got a C-17 over my house.  It was cool.

Everything from Zekes to A-340s. Not too many helos, fortunately.

I live in the grossly overpriced enclave of south Palm Beach County, Florida.

We have a short airstrip (KBCT) that is suited for small GA but for some reason Learjets and Gulfstreams (I can't tell them apart) want to land here.  I guess they want to land close to the money.

So I see a lot of Cessnas and business jets.

Here's an almost live picture of KBCT:http://www4.passur.com/bct.html

Almost daily F-16s, daily Bell 407, daily BO-105, odd Huey, Blackhawk or Cobra, Avro RJ-85, Caravans(they fly over like clockwork), the obligatory 737s, Airbus 320s, Md-90s, saw a DC-10 once, even Airforce 1(when Slick Willy was prez).

Also the almost monthly C-5 or C-130 resupplying/visiting the 174th FW.

Directly over my house?? Simply nothing

But at the local airport you watch cessnas use the airfield regularly, and every once in a while, we'll get the occasional business jets and twin engine aircraft.

but other then that, no

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Sounds like me Andrew. We get B1900's, Dash-8's, and EMB-145's.
Heres the flight schedules for the airport

Arrivals

     Arrival Time Flight # Equipment Arriving From

9:10 am           US3777  DH-8   Pittsburgh
9:58 am           US3704  DH-8   LaGuardia
10:47 am         US5478  B1900 Philadelphia
1:05 pm           US4122  D-328  Pittsburgh
2:20 pm           US3724  DH-8    Pittsburgh
3:25 pm           US3505  DH-8    LaGuardia
5:07 pm           US5587  B1900  Philadelphia
5:52 pm           US3652  DH-8    Pittsburgh
7:22 pm           US5566  B1900  Philadelphia
8:19 pm           US3799 DH-8     LaGuardia
9:42 pm           US5465 B1900   Philadelphia
10:57 pm         US5493 B1900   Philadelphia
11:20 pm          US3683 DH-8   Pittsburgh

Departures

Departure Time Flight # Equipment Departing To

6:00 am           US5491  B1900 Philadelphia
6:00 am           US3998  DH-8 LaGuardia/Montreal
7:00 am           US3865  DH-8 Pittsburgh
7:25 am           US5460  B1900 Philadelphia
9:30 am           US3778  DH-8 Pittsburgh
10:18 am           US3707  DH-8 LaGuardia
11:30 am           US5478  B1900 Philadelphia
1:30 pm           US4122  D-328 Pittsburgh
2:40 pm           US3729  DH-8 Pittsburgh
3:50 pm           US3506  DH-8 LaGuardia
5:30 pm           US5587  B1900 Philadelphia
6:15 pm           US3655  DH-8 Pittsburgh
7:43 pm           US5566  B1900 Philadelphia

Busy airport, huh?

  I live only a couple of blocks from a hospital, so the Care flight Helicopter comes right overhead a lot of times, the local airport is just down the road, but mostly just Cessna sized planes come in there.
  Every now and then if the weather is just right we get some bigger traffic coming from or going into South Bend, but they are still quite high, and even then they are only small regional jets

  Where I grew up about 10 miles north of here, our backyard was right under J584, directly between Chicago and Detroit, always major airliner traffic, growing up there is part of the reason I have such an interest in aviation, I spent my whole life until I moved from there watching the sky.

  Where I lived in Mesa, Arizona was on the final approach to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport, that was the greatest for plane watching, low airliners all the time, and only a fifteen minute drive to the airport.

I'm on the approach to 21R at Johannesburg International.So,we get anything from Baron 58's up to 777's and A340's.Plus Denel (a military comtractor) is at FAJS so we get Mirage's,Cheetah's,Impala's (South African variant of the MB326),Puma's,Alouette's etc.

This afternoon we've had a flyover from the BBMF Dakota and MkIX Spitfire!

I live on the southern flight path into Lester B Pearson International (CYYZ). Most airplanes that fly over head are large Boeings, Airbuses, and Dash 8s.

The closest airport to me is Burlington Airpark (CZBA). I see a lot of Cessna 172s and 182s but I sometimes I see King Airs. Today I saw a Jetranger III flying over my model airfield. I also see vintage aircraft due to my proximity to the Warplane Museum at Hamilton (CYHM). A lot of ambulance helicopters fly overhead because I live only a 2 minute walk from the local hospital.

Several years ago my uncle lived directly west
of the airport in Fort Smith Ark. On the weekends
the Air National Guard, F-4s and later F-16s would
take off 3/5 at a time, he called it the most beautiful
noise in the world!! He had spent 7 years
aboard the carrier Coral Sea!!! Was 'There' during
the Cubain Missile  crisis!!

Brad

Off topic a little, sorry!!    

howdy born. you might of seen A340's and A330's and in a few years you'll prob see some A380's but theres no A360:)

I once saw a Long EZ at the airport near Atlantic City. I think its the aircraft with the canards and big winglits.

I saw in the news today that they are going to spray for mosquitos soon.  So next week, I'll be seing C-130's flying just 150ft overhead spraying chemicals on my house.  lol 

I live/work near an AFB that was closed(Pease NH) in the first base closings back in 96 I believe 

We still have the ANG KC-135R's with the 157th ARW. Pan Am but we get planes from local bases doing pattern work all the time. P-3's from Brunswick NAS, KC-135E's from Bangor Me, A-10's from Barnes and Bradley. C-5's from Westover, KC-10's from McGuire, F-16's from Burlington VT.

Even seen a F/A-18F, T-6 and a F-18A, plus the ocasional T-38's from Moody or Randolph.

Here are some of the visitors I have captured on camera
http://community.webshots.com/album/13101478YqZYGjiCGt

Last summer from while at lunch I saw 2 F-117's come in with a KC-10 from Travis. Also got to see them take off the next day  8)

Also seen Air Force once come in here twice before he started hitting Sanford airport in Me.

Not bad for only a ANG base changed over to civilian

Seeing my house in the flight path of RW 16 we see the straight in approaches and when they come and do the wide ILS aproaches.

I live like right under the LIZZY VOR which has 757's going tino La Gaurdia allt he time, also corporate jets and 737's, never saw a 747 fly over