[Ski]

^ Yeah.. That was the proposed project. Some of the landing sites were right next to the Pacific Crest Trail, as I recall, and there was a great deal of opposition from the public - not just business owners in Leavenworth. FTR: The only time I can recall complaining about any helicopter flights was when a pilot in a small helicopter came racing down the river valley only about 200 feet above the treetops and scared the hell out of me. I shot a note up to PA to the Superintendent and my sentiments were conveyed to the pilot. They fly helicopters out of JBLM, sometimes four or five in a row - one behind the other, right over the Narrows here quite often. I'm kind of used to them here. The flight paths of the C-17s change, but every few weeks we have those roaring overhead as well. Living my entire life only about 12 miles away from an Air Force base (now JBLM), I've become somewhat accustomed to the racket. In the late 1950s they flew blimps right over our house. The Wilderness Areas and National Parks, however, are not the place for it.

[Malachai Constant]

Fighters in the High Sierra sometimes scare stock. Pretty cool to see fighters over Death Valley practicing supersonic dog fights from the Top Gun school. There was abuse in the past when choppers dropped tourists in the North Cascades.

[DadFly]

"A few years ago" I topped out on a climb in JT. Just had time to look up in time to see a fighter coming right at me upside down! He was actually about 500 ft above me but just about knocked me over. I was able to see the pilot as he went buy. No time to wave.......

[coldrain108]

I was standing at the top of Cameron pass on Aug 6th when 5 fighters blasted over my head. 2 were the classic Blue Angle colors. In CA we would see many planes blasting through the canyons. We used to go to Donnells Reservoir a lot, had boats chained to trees, had a pretty cool campsite that we used year after year. One year we took about 10 people in, half of them women. One day while skinny dipping in the lake we got buzzed real close, close enough that we could see the pilots and they could see the naked women...they both did a hard turn and came back for a second look. We waved. Hippies are not shy about nudity.

[NikonHiker]

[Ringangleclaw]

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