ORIGINAL: DavidR
A lot of the time when we crank up our engines pilots that ARE flying land so they can watch.
HAHAHAHAHA! More like watch their backs! If you're out there flying your Avistar trainer while jet guys are doing 175 mph low passes, you are a FOOL! I get my butt in the shelter, and never turn my back on the jets. Jets make a cool noise, and it's amazing how the pilots can control them way out there where I can't even see them, but the main reason I watch them is safety, not interest.
This whole thread seems like a problem trying to make "one size fit all". Jets are fine out in the desert and I don't care if they go 500 mph. But, to fly jets in a crowded urban environment, with 300 spectators 60 feet from the runway is wildly optimistic, at best.