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    Default Thunderbird flyover around 13:00 today



    Air Force Thunderbirds plan to flyover the Denver / Co Springs areas to show support for essential/frontline responders to COVID-19. Here's the flight path if you want to watch for them.


    https://i.redd.it/csklfpobfit41.jpg

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    I was outside messing with the Jeep when they circled Longmont United, that was neat to see. I haven't seen jets flying that low in a while.

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    We got a quick view of them as they flew just north of us....If i hadn't been out in the street where I could see straight north without house or tree, I don't think I would have been able to see them as they were so low. They seemed to be behind schedule, so Jen found live video of them online and we knew when they were getting close...I looked up and there they were, and they were gone almost as fast as I could point them out. The 'tailing single' we got a better view of as we were a bit more dialed in on where to look.
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    The flight path in the image goes directly over my house, but I wasn't outside and didn't hear them fly over inside.

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    At least a couple flew nearly overhead of my place - no chance could I not hear'm. A neighbor said they were behind schedule.

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    I heard em fly over but didn’t seem em
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    I watched for them at work but never seen them...
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    That flew right over my block.! Just under the cloud cover. It was so cool! With all that has been going on it sure made my day.

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    It was an event in our neighborhood.

    After weeks of being "essential," I was able to catch up with a few neighbors: I was told the USAF crew did a practice run the day before. The story goes that some hikers atop N. Table Mountain, waved at the aircraft and got a dip of the wing.

    This picture was posted on Nextdoor. Guy said he was atop N. Table Mountain when he took it:

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