# Thunderbirds practicing right outside my window! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903 "2012-09-06T20:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/1 "2012-09-06T20:19:58Z")
Oh geez, how am I supposed to get any work done with this going on?? Awesome stuff ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/2 "2012-09-06T20:42:43Z")
Are you talking about the Supermarionation guys? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/3 "2012-09-06T20:57:35Z")
That’s so cool! I can’t wait to see them Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/4 "2012-09-06T20:59:38Z")
Hey, the Thunderbirds are practicing right outside my window too! Those guys must really get around! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/5 "2012-09-06T21:04:01Z")
The Blue Angels have flown near my work (and home) for training Brian ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/6 "2012-09-06T21:15:19Z")
You all must be in Rancho Cordova(?) - [California Capital Air Show](http://www.californiacapitalairshow.com/)is this weekend, for those wondering. When I worked in that area I was able to see, hear, and FEEL them practicing. Cool stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/7 "2012-09-06T22:02:12Z")
Lucky buggers. I’d love to see the\* Thunderbirds _or_ Blue Angels \*in action. I caught the \*Red Arrows \*here about eleven years ago & I’ve seen the _Roulettes_ quite a few times and they are both amazing to watch but they are flying trainers not fighters. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/8 "2012-09-06T23:11:45Z")
It can be a unique experience to have an especially close ring-side seat to watch them practicing. Several years ago, I was in the Marin County area, when the Blue Angels practiced for their Fleet Week air show, which is held directly above the San Francisco Bay just in front of the Fisherman’s Wharf area. I went up to the Marin Headlands area, to one of those old WWII fortification ruins, and watched from there. This is in a hill side, the top of which the planes flew directly over at very low altitude (above the hill top). Now that’s a ring-side seat! ETA: To clarify: I watched them there the day before, when they practiced, AND again on the day of the show. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/9 "2012-09-06T23:12:51Z")
I’m sure they’re no Snowbirds. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/10 "2012-09-07T01:56:52Z")
Fun and games in Melbourne last year when we had a “flock?” of Blackhawks doing maneuvers among the the buildings. Cool to watch them do an emergency pick up from Parliament house roof. We also have had a few jets come screaming through the city. I remember it happening in Feb 2000 and boy were we shitscared. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/11 "2012-09-07T03:02:45Z")
Back when the Fort Lauderdale Air and Sea Show was a HUGE two day event, I worked downtown on the sixth floor of a building, on the approach to the show area. So we’d see all the planes go by, including the Thunderbirds. Not much work got done the Friday before the show. 🙂 -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/12 "2012-09-07T03:24:49Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > I’m sure they’re no Snowbirds. 😛 Well, not of course not. They’re _ **Thunder** _birds. It’s an entirely different kind of plane altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/13 "2012-09-07T03:42:27Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > Lucky buggers. I’d love to see the\* Thunderbirds _or_ Blue Angels \*in action. I caught the \*Red Arrows \*here about eleven years ago & I’ve seen the _Roulettes_ quite a few times and they are both amazing to watch but they are flying trainers not fighters. The Red Arrows are about the only ones I haven’t seen. Abbotsford in '86 was amazing; the Snowbirds, Blue Angels, Patrouille de France, Frecce Tricolori (Italy), and Esquadrilha da Fumaça (Brazil). One day, after the official show was over, one plane from each team took off and they flew in formation. Went up in the Columbia Center in Seattle once on the day the Blue Angels were practicing for Seafair. They were coming by right at eye level. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/14 "2012-09-07T04:03:40Z")
_Googles_ Bloody hell! The _Red Arrows_ were here in _1996!_ Where did that go? [The Roulettes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roulettes) are actually a fairly common sight here. They seem to do flybys quite often - the last time I saw them was 2 weeks ago. They were cruising around at low level in formation for an open-day at ADFA (our version of West Point/US Navy Academy/USAF Academy rolled into one). ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/15 "2012-09-08T00:21:01Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Are you talking about the Supermarionation guys? I was thinking the Fabulous Thunderbirds, “Tough Enough”, etc… Blue Angels flew over my house during their local performance this summer. Cool stuff. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/16 "2012-09-08T03:18:33Z")
F.A.B. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-practicing-right-outside-my-window/633903/17 "2012-09-09T10:29:29Z")
Lucky sod ! Mind you, you could always ring up the airbase and tell them to get off of your lawn !