whaletacochamp t1_j7u25kb wrote on February 9, 2023 at 12:19 PM

Reply to comment by KITTYONFYRE in What's going on with the F35s?! by WheezeThaJuice

To be clear I don’t mean private jet like swanky jet liner. I mean like single seat fighter style jet.

I had this discussion with someone else recently and they mentioned that, apparently, there is someone or a few someone’s in the general area who own small training type jets.

The low altitude flight does raise the question of legality if not for training. But I can tell you the jet that I saw is not an American jet commonly used for training in our area (def not an F15, 16, 18, 22, 35 etc) almost looked like a Mig.

Hasn’t happened since but if it does I’ll check the flight radar.

KITTYONFYRE t1_j7uoq0w wrote on February 9, 2023 at 3:21 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros

Might be one of these, which would lend credence to your "rich local" hypothesis. Still, these burn hundreds of gallons of jet fuel/hour (at like $8/gal), not to mention maintenance costs. so definitely not just normal rich person, lol. but if it was one of these, it'll definitely show up on flightradar24. sometimes military jets don't. if it doesn't show up, that doesn't mean it's definitely military (down low, radar coverage gets sketchy - generally I can't establish contact with Boston til ~3,500 ft or so).

also, legality wise, for uncongested/rural areas you just need to be 500 ft from any person or structure, so pretty lax. that doesn't mean it's smart to do, though, unless it's a training exercise where you have to take that risk.

whaletacochamp t1_j7up4je wrote on February 9, 2023 at 3:24 PM

That’s almost exactly what it looked like (but a different color, grey/blue I believe)

WikiSummarizerBot t1_j7uoruu wrote on February 9, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Aero L-39 Albatros

>The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced in Czechoslovakia by Aero Vodochody. It is the most widely used jet trainer in the world; in addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also flown combat missions in a light-attack role. Unusually, the aircraft never received a NATO reporting name. The L-39 Albatros was designed during the 1960s as a successor to the Aero L-29 Delfín, an early jet-powered principal training aircraft.

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