Hope your observation point is not on short final to 27..

We sit in the Aerospace Museum's back parking lot, across the street from the
old Balboa Naval Hospital (Pink Palace). There is a wide swath of grass
bordered by trees and as the airliners drift by or directly over, they pass
close enough that we can watch their wingtip vortexes sweep eerily through the
treetops half a minute after the airliner has gone. My kiddos love it - we sit
and play in the San Diego sunshine, critiquing each flight crew and enjoying
the show.

.I get a
chuckle thinking of the folks that live with spooled up 757s passing
less than 200 feet RA (radio/radar altitude) over their noggins. I'd
love to see a 747 on final to 27 (must have at some point since there
are special taxi lines labeled 747 at the threshold of 27).

Haven't seen a jumbo land there recently, but we used to have a twice-weekly BA
747 come in between the buildings and land. Lots of fun when it passes over at
350' as you drive 85 mph down I-5.

v/r
Gordon
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USN SAR

Donate your memories - write a note on the back and send your old photos to a
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