Reply #6: 3 copters buzzed down the Mall

[LizW]

The other day when we were there sightseeing. They were low and loud, but no one around us acted as if it was anything unusual.

This was a couple of days before the fighter jets incident. I would definitely have been concerned about that.

You know, we are just all more sensitive to low-flying aircraft since 9/11, and the military is going to have to get used to getting more complaints. They can't just buzz over people and not expect people to get frightened.

I live right under the takeoff and landing path of a small airport, and for years I didn't even hear the planes, I was so used to them. Now I catch myself pausing if one goes over that is a little too close or too loud. I have noticed that invariably the ones that come in too close, too fast or too loud are military.