Look, It's a Bird...

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Good shot Rob.
So that's what those were. They passed around our house too.
My wife got my attention as they were heading west, quite low. Then they made a VERY WIDE turn to the south, east, north and West again, and disappeared. I tried to get a picture, but they were low enough where the house kept getting in the way. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
As we saw a WWII bomber a bit earlier, we thought there might have been an air show at Willow Run.
 
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I am transplant here. Was born and raised in Kansas City but retired from the Army and stayed here. Now I work for the DOD and get to see things like that frequently.
 
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I love A-10's, my favorite modern war plane.
 
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My all time favorite. I have had a desire to build one to 1/4 scale for r/c purposes.

Proof that with ample power, anything can fly.

On a side-note, I am outside the USMC base at Quantico, VA. The marine a-v-ate-hers just love flying thier F-18's fast and low. Say ouch when they are in town.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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I had a little more time to grab the camera when this bird flew over the farm.
 

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Moving over the garden and Princess.
 

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They were in town for the Michigan International Speedway race, and the final home game between the Spurs and Pistons. They dock at Ann Arbor Airport when they are in the area.
 

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sometimes they dock at the oakland county airport by me. all the planes fly over my house waiting to land. I get to see some prety cool planes when the airport has the open house /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
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Before the US began it's part of the Gulf War, I had one fly over my place repeatedly at a 20 minute interval for a couple of hours on the same path. The pilot was just high enough to clear the trees and so close I could see oil dripping or misting out of the engine.
 

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