Posted by rlopesino on July 24, 2008 at 11:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe you can post his address so I can make some noise in front of his house tomorrow morning :)

Posted by flabuff227 on July 24, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Luckily it didn't land in a tree.

Posted by b_richards on July 24, 2008 at 11:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Get over it!!!!!!!!

Posted by mehitabel on July 24, 2008 at 11:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

rlopesino - I was just thinking the same thing. You bring the airhorn, I'll bring the pots and pans.....

Posted by mitchg17 on July 24, 2008 at 11:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

He was flying naked over Boulder, so it's OK.

Posted by ogghead on July 24, 2008 at 11:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Boulder_Badger, go ride a bike and relax.

Posted by jockopena on July 24, 2008 at 11:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

chill, let the guy have some fun.

Posted by ImInBoulder on July 24, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I wish I had seen it myself. Very cool aircraft.

By the way, does everybody really have to go all cranky-grampa when something out of the ordinary happens? Chill the f--- out, folks!

Posted by Ridge on July 24, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Get over it, people. You know what it was?

It was the sound of Freedom!

So you all know, he is an excellent pilot...he is flying that plane every year in displays for people who go to the Jeffco Open House, putting on a great show and not receiving a dime for it! God forbid he wants to have some fun on his own time...

If he was being followed by another plane, bets are good that his aircraft will be featured in a magazine in the near future, which could bring tourists and their money to your "fair" city.

Posted by blacksho89 on July 24, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Cranky-grandpa! I love it!

Posted by grossman on July 24, 2008 at 12:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

At least he didn't do barrel rolls down the runway at 200 feet like some Brit Wing Commander did just before church at my 'Catch 22' base in Britain back in the 60's. He was adverting 'his' air show that day (that began after church).

Pretty dang impressive and he got away with it too!

Posted by grossman on July 24, 2008 at 12:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I forgot to mention that there were 'loaded' B-47's on either side of that runway. Coulda been Broken Arrow Blues.

Posted by gsegiet on July 24, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dispatch: "This is 911, what is your emergency?"

Caller: "There is a plane flying over the city!"

Dispatch: "M'am, are you hurt or injured?"

Caller: "No, I've just never been awake at 7 a.m. before. Can't you do something?"

Dispatch: "We'll have an officer drive by your area."

Posted by dont on July 24, 2008 at 12:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It made it rather difficult to have a phone conversation with a European client. I love airshows.

Posted by boardman on July 24, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm a pilot and plane owner, too, so I understand aircraft make noise. That's fine.

But in this case he made repeated very low passes over south Boulder before 7 am. That's just plain rude.

Yes, I bet he got beautiful sunrise pictures from the chase plane. But in the process,in a matter of minutes, he did immeasurable damage to the hard work that responsible aircraft owners have invested trying to educate folks, for years, that we CAN get along, with a little mutual respect.

It was asinine and selfish, albeit probably not "illegal". It shows very poor judgment, which is critical in a good pilot and desirable in a good neighbor.

Posted by lindyrb on July 24, 2008 at 12:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes, I heard it. No, the world didn't stop revolving because of it.

In other words, this is NOT a crisis, folks. Woken up a bit earlier than usual? Go out and admire the sunrise. Say hi to the neighbors walking their dogs. Take the time to fix a healthy breakfast.

Appreciate the fact that the sound you hear bought you the freedom to do all these other things.

Look up and smile.

Posted by morkfromork on July 24, 2008 at 12:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Anyone complaining about this wishes they were having as much fun. Are most people not awake at 7am? Seriously, I've heard motorcycles that make more noise in the morning than this guy did in his plane.

Posted by insightful on July 24, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

When I can read the tail number off my porch, it's below 1000 ft.

Posted by Robert_Paul_Smoke on July 24, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

oh, yeah, sure...a very experienced pilot --

if that is the case, it makes him a certifiable
jerk

Posted by walongloop on July 24, 2008 at 12:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh boo-hoo, some poor Boulderites were rudely awakened!

Let's put Mary Lacy on the case!

Posted by Pooks on July 24, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Posted by driveby_poster on July 24, 2008 at 12:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"On the other hand, it is not a dump truck-free zone."

Wow, you really are an arse.

Posted by thelastliberal on July 24, 2008 at 1:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I slept like a baby this morning.

Posted by starskyandgut on July 24, 2008 at 1:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Get off my lawn...
<waving cane in the air at passing airplane>

Darn whippersnappers and their jet aeroplanes

Posted by zone913inc on July 24, 2008 at 1:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I thought it was the Jamestown Air Force on a surprise attack to Erie, ready to start the big one.

Posted by stever23 on July 24, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just happened to be out at Pearl and 14th when it flew over. Distinctive noise, but not loud at all.

Wonderful to see! I thought it was advertising an airshow.

Terrific!

Posted by stever23 on July 24, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

BTW – The traditional definition of “buzzing” (from a flying point of view) is to be flying VERY low.

When I saw him he was quite high, probably as high as typical propeller planes. The difference is being a jet, he was louder.

Posted by spankymcgee on July 24, 2008 at 1:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was very loud. I heard it from by bedroom before 7AM. I thought that the Flatirons were burning. $%@*%^&! A-hole.

Posted by ottoman on July 24, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was low, it was early. he's an a**hole for doing it.

Posted by THEinORY on July 24, 2008 at 2:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's a former plane for a reason, leave it in a museum where old fogies can oogle it.

Posted by GILBERTG on July 24, 2008 at 2:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This guy's an idiot. Complete idiot. I hope he reads this and has some humility to understand that he woke up 50,000 people. Who cares what his background is, really. He's an idiot.

Posted by SirRealism on July 24, 2008 at 2:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Fargin icehole.

Posted by camera on July 24, 2008 at 2:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

As much as I like/respect the "Sound of Freedom", I agree with boardman that it's a bit uncool to be doing a photo shoot early in the morning over the city ... but of course, that's when the light is the best.

Speaking of the Rocky Mountain Airport Airshow, here some pictures from last month - http://www.komar.org/sound-of-freedom...

Given the outrage a few years back when a B-1B did a flyover for the ROTC graduation, I can imagine the response by Republic of Boulder'ites if Roy had been flying an F-16 or F-18 and hit the afterburners in the dawn's early light ... ;-)

Posted by boardman on July 24, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He flew by (and by and by and by) an hour after sunrise. A more considerate option would have been to get his pics with snow in them in Dec and we'd all be awake and wave.

Posted by billy_goat_gruff on July 24, 2008 at 2:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This guy is no different than the dozens of building contractors operating at any given time. They would just as soon wake up the whole town as a couple of dozen immediate neighbors. It wouldn't matter to them.

The jet noise wasn't a major rod, though I'm continually amazed at the number of people who think whatever they want to do (or approve of someone else doing) should just naturally override everyone else's wishes. What's OK for them should be OK for everyone. Quit whining!

They are probably the same folks continually complaining about other people "telling them how to live their lives" or "forcing their priorities on other people."

I must confess I think of these bully-victims as borderline sociopaths.

Posted by wgstrand on July 24, 2008 at 2:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

He certainly made a ruckus at our house. We were already up, but the guy kept going around and around and around... Pretty loud, too.

Posted by degas_e on July 24, 2008 at 2:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh no! Will Boulder residents be too tired during their mid-afternoon happy hour on Pearl Street now? Having to wake up before 7:00 ONCE isn't really a big injustice.

Posted by spankymcgee on July 24, 2008 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

My dog jumped in bed with us. Hates thunder and hates this moron flying his plane up our a$$es at 6:30 AM in the morning. If a Harley was making that noise the poor bastard driving it would be locked up. This rich pr!ck doesn't have any consequences.

Posted by Boulder_89 on July 24, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

If he does this every morning for 18 years, does he own the airspace?

Posted by mehitabel on July 24, 2008 at 2:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I fail to see why folks are calling this "The Sound of Freedom". The guy wasn't out flying around to protect our airspace and citizenry. He was flying around for the heck of it. I think it was The Sound of Rudeness.

Posted by motiff on July 24, 2008 at 2:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The pilot must be laughing his a-- off. I'm sure his pilot buddies are, too.

Too bad, Snoopy, cause In the long run, the public at large will have the last laugh when they start closing down some of these smaller local airports, which serve little than the interests of a very small group of people and usually at the general expense of the neighborhoods below.

Snoopy did a great deal of harm this morning to efforts of people, like Mr. Maenpa, who indeed do try to see that local pilots who use his airport are good neighbors.

Speaking of noise, I truly wonder how people in Boulder put up with the glider-tow planes. Now THERES some real noise.

Posted by boulderbikerfan1 on July 24, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Is the Camera Staff (or all these whiny posters) going to press for greater noise restrictions from the Harleys that guys ride to work in the morning? Or the drunk college kids walking around at 3 am? How about the garbage truck that runs down my street at 7am? Do the people who live on bus routes get a break from bus noise in the morning? Jeez - THIS is news? Wow, we really do have nothing better to complain about...what a vain group of citiznes we are.

Posted by billy_goat_gruff on July 24, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

See what I mean?

Posted by Robert_Paul_Smoke on July 24, 2008 at 2:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

someone needed a photo of the flatirons in the morning? you mean that hasn't been done before?

puh -- lease

Posted by marlboroman on July 24, 2008 at 2:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Whatever. Things happen... this town needs a wake-up. Personally I encourage all owners of Korean war-era aircraft to patrol city airspace hourly. You can't be too careful... those sneaky Al-Qaeda
operatives could be planning to hijack a hot air balloon and disperse toxic nerve agents over Folsom Field as we speak... "Air Cav, son, Air Mobile!!" forever.

Posted by dougtee on July 24, 2008 at 3 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Rude and selfish. Plain and simple. And amazing how many people are appreciating it.

Posted by tatnick on July 24, 2008 at 3:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Try it again old man. Boulder's finest are waiting with tasers armed and ready.

Posted by flywheeljh on July 24, 2008 at 3:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Ahh. Did mean old Mr. Jet Pilot scare all you little kids here in Whoville?
I think we need a massive nannie air-drop for all you here.
Go suck a bike.

Posted by Rise_Against on July 24, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

dang! I missed it...I was asleep. This sucks!

Posted by Darling1 on July 24, 2008 at 3:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Waaaaah.

What makes the people who were awoken this morning any more important to the people who work graveyard and don't go to sleep until after the flyby time? Would it have been more ok for the pilot to interfere with their sleep pattern?

Bunch of Boulderite crybabies.

Posted by billy_goat_gruff on July 24, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)

See? I it's OK with me, screw everybody else. Amazing, isn't it?

These are the folks who, when you've been patiently waiting in a long line, show up at the last minute and push in ahead of you.

Posted by billy_goat_gruff on July 24, 2008 at 3:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It's got too many pushy jerks.

Here. You suck on my bike.

Posted by dougtee on July 24, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The point is is if you let one rude, selfish, arrogant and offensive bastard get away with something then the rest of the rude, selfish, arrogant and offensive bastards will want to do the same thing which means the skies will be buzzing every hour of every day. No thanks. That's why we have laws and rules. Which in this case were clearly broken.

Posted by dougtee on July 24, 2008 at 3:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh, I forgot:

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport™
11755 Airport Way
Broomfield, CO 80021
303-271-4850
www.FlyRMMA.com

Posted by Dunkterfunk on July 24, 2008 at 3:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You know people? Lighten up! I can understand if this went on every morning, but it was ONE MORNING! Booo hoo! I know most of you Boulderites hate to be awoken early as you need your beauty rest for a busy day of sipping latte's at Vics all day, but it is one day! Jeez, lawmowers, dogs jumping on you, a plane woke you up. Man, i love living in this town, but there is definitely a higher proportion of whining pansies than anywhere else i have lived.

Posted by MuddyOne on July 24, 2008 at 3:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Suck it up buttercups. It wasn't THAT loud.

Posted by boulderbikerfan1 on July 24, 2008 at 3:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dougtee - without creating a riot, I would point out that the individual did nothing wrong. No laws were broken, no rules were violated.

Posted by flywheeljh on July 24, 2008 at 3:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Jets buzzing us from the air, transients attacking at the Outdoor Cinema, Crocs getting eaten in escalaters. My God the horror!

Posted by yayo on July 24, 2008 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I blame Crocs.

Posted by susan_g on July 24, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I can't get on a commercial flight with a full-size tube of toothpaste (you know, for safety) but this old man can slap together some used parts on a 57-year-old junker and fly over a city simply because he wants to get his jollies by making some racket?

The FAA needs to curb this clown.

Posted by MuddyOne on July 24, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Your jealousy has preceded you.

Me wonder why non-Boulderites like to make a big fuss over stuff that happens here. If you don't live here, you don't matter. We're in a Bubble, get it?

it must be pretty easy to take pot-shots at folks when you can hide behind that veil of hate... which really is just a secret longing to live here.

Posted by dougtee on July 24, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

sorry bikerfan1 but I was up before Roy this morning and the angle of the view of him from my office window as he buzzed South Boulder right over my house clearly told me he was under 1000'. That's the rule according to the article.

I've heard that he has apologized, which is the right thing to do, and I'm sure we won't see him again for a long while, most probably thanks to the pilot community who have probably told him to cool his jets in lieu of not wanting stronger rules coming down due to too many p*ss*d off people.

All in all it was still another great day in the neighborhood (like most in South Boulder ;) ).

Posted by degas_e on July 24, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"See? I it's OK with me, screw everybody else. Amazing, isn't it?"

Your missing the point, billy-goat. How were you--or anybody else, for that matter--harmed by this ONE incident? This paper is chalk-full of sad news stories (e.g. Eldo climbers, child molestation, etc.) and yet this thread is full of people complaining because they didn't get to sleep until 10 a.m.

Posted by plastard on July 24, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank the maker that the majority of the folks in boulder are recent transplants. You'd all of died of a heart attack from the sonic boom that hit Boulder in the mid 80's from a jet coming from the springs. Now THAT was loud. you could hear the echo bounce off the flatirons in a most amazing way.

Posted by jenfalor on July 24, 2008 at 4:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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Posted by GILBERTG on July 24, 2008 at 4:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hopefully Halladay's son, a Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, has more sense than to pull an idiotic stunt like his dad did this morning.

Posted by bouldersuks on July 24, 2008 at 4:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Let's all give ol' Roy a few phone calls @ about 3 in the morning for the next two weeks in appreciation. It's the least we can do.

Posted by meatpieandtatters on July 24, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Between the "big brother" PA address system, cop's tazing people and low fly-overs, Boulder is becoming "Big Brother Boulder."

Posted by DianeMad on July 24, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Some of you miss the point. If everyone has the attitude "I can do this and it doesn't hurt anyone", then it will cause a real mess. Maybe it doesn't hurt anyone to go to the bathroom on the sidewalk but if everyone did it there would be quite a mess. Just like all the people who leave their dog's poop along the way - justifying that "it won't hurt". Maybe not just one dog but magnified into several piles or bags of poo - that creates a problem. The trouble with many people in this country is that they are just plain selfish! They don't care about anyone but themselves. That is exactly what was wrong with this stupid fly-over. It was rude, selfish and the man didn't give a damn about anyone but himself. That is it in a nutshell.

Posted by vYRaL303 on July 24, 2008 at 4:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

there are 2 airports within i dunno...5-7 miles of anywhere in boulder....you have to expect it..

Posted by boulder24 on July 24, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"Goose, it's time to buzz the tower."

"I don't know, Mav. This isn't a good idea."

Posted by IXLR82 on July 24, 2008 at 5:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

83?.....83 posts? About an airplane flying overhead?! Wow.

Posted by McUMass on July 24, 2008 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Luckily he was able to get to Baltimore, pitch seven solid innings AND earn the win.

Posted by TankerDan on July 24, 2008 at 5:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Where was homeland security and the U.S. Air Force in all of this after all it was a jet that was doing multiple low altitude fly overs above a pretty populated area. We are no more secure today than we were on 9/11 and anyone who thinks we are is a fool.

Posted by McUMass on July 24, 2008 at 5:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Dude, he gave up a sac fly to Luke Scott later in the day, I think he learned his lesson. No need to get the air force involved...

... it's time to get Aubrey Huff involved.

Posted by CameraLogin on July 24, 2008 at 5:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Damn, sorry I missed it. Folks should get off their high horse and NIMBYish attitudes. This is COOL. Of course if he did it regularly he should be taken to task, but for a one-off event like this, calm down, chill out and enjoy the show. Not everyday you get to see a bonafide piece of history fly by low and slow.

Posted by MuddyOne on July 24, 2008 at 5:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Word.

Posted by janabelle on July 24, 2008 at 6:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Cool plane-- apparently some folks missed so maybe he could do it again!

Posted by McUMass on July 24, 2008 at 6:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Luke Skywalker is still in AAA.

Posted by Donald on July 24, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

self entitled twit

Posted by JakPott on July 24, 2008 at 6:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

HAAAAhaaaa!!! Wait till slowtracks blows 110db in your faces every 15 minutes (at every crossing...talk about layin on the horn) to cart a few dozen folks to Denver every day...

Posted by crazy4cheese on July 24, 2008 at 6:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I bet the pilot's a Republican too.

Posted by LTB on July 24, 2008 at 7:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe he was tweaking the noses of the Boulderati...and LOOK it worked!

Posted by coffees4u on July 24, 2008 at 7:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Awesome! Simply Grand to see that! What was the tail #? Sure beats listening to leaf blowers. weed wackers and lawnmowers all day long every weekend.

Posted by panther76 on July 24, 2008 at 8:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

get up, ya lazy bums

Posted by Tellthetruth on July 24, 2008 at 8:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I did hear that he was indeed naked and was wearing Croc's. Look out Croc's - will you have to print another warning "not responsible for loud morning "Wake up calls".

I did hear and see the plane. Beautiful!
Please make is a weekly event.

Posted by rcljr1220 on July 24, 2008 at 8:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

...and Shakespeare once again quoteth "Much ado about nothing..."

Posted by rlopesino on July 24, 2008 at 8:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Wow
Lots of posts!
Sorry I was taking a nap, since I was woken early...

Posted by cgjj1 on July 24, 2008 at 9:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Whiny Boulder people should live next to DIA. Whiny spoiled people

Posted by FrictionSoul on July 25, 2008 at 7:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good morning. Did everybody sleep okay?

Posted by backrange on July 25, 2008 at 8:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Over 100 posts because a plane flew over at 7am.

Hilarious and very, very sad at the same time.

Posted by windpower on July 25, 2008 at 10:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Maybe this was a city council authorized surveillance plane looking out for pink poodles, unauthorized loose cats, mama bears who dare to tresspass on to city slicker space, or unauthorized "clothed" people on bicycles.....

Posted by def90 on July 27, 2008 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I think it was awesome, I can't get enough of these old planes. The "Boulder Moms" that were rudely woken from their beauty sleep should have made it a positive experience by meeting their other freshly woken "Boulder Mom" friends at the Flatirons Health club pool for an early margarita.