Pete's Log: hello airplane
Entry #1356, (Life in General)(posted when I was 25 years old.)
I visited a friend in Glen Burnie yesterday. He lives near BWI airport. On the drive there, I drove by the edge of the airport and saw a parking lot with a sign that said "airplane observation area." I thought to myself "I should come hang out here sometime."
Later, when I drove home, an airplane actually flew over when I drove by that point again and I was amazed by how close it was. And again I thought "I should come hang out here sometime." At the last minute I realized I could actually just hang out there at that moment instead of at some unspecified later time. So I pulled into the parking lot. There were many families with young children there and I noticed they even had a playground to keep the children without an interest in aviation entertained. I watched a couple planes fly by, but really wanted to be under the planes. So I ignored a no trespassing sign (figuring that if it were really dangerous, they'd have built a fence) and positioned myself directly underneath the flight path.
Who would have thought that the roar of jet engines could be so peaceful?