Anybody see the B2 fly over downtown today?

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:04 pm

I work waaaaay up north so I missed it. I guess the Stealth flew over downtown really low today at noon for some fundraiser.....that would be an awesome picture.

KCLofts · Post by **KCLofts** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:29 pm

I didn't see it, but I sure did hear it. It was pretty loud.

Post by **mean** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:01 pm

If the B2 is the stealth bomber, I sure did. I was going to lunch in downtown KCKS, driving down 7th Street, and heard a jet. Figured it was some business jet landing downtown, one of the approaches takes them right over the L&C Viaduct and you can definitely hear them from across the river. Then I see it, involuntarily slam on the brakes, and say, "Woah, stealth bomber!" scaring the crap out of everyone in the car.

Thing looks like a damn UFO, and for a moment looked like it was going to land on 7th Street. It banked off to the southeast instead and disappeared. Extremely impressive piece of engineering. Wish I'd had my camera.

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:07 pm

a nice diagram I quickly cooked up...
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?3425245

Post by **mean** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:20 pm

Nice! It's quite a bit larger than I'd have thought.

KCDevin · Post by **KCDevin** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:21 pm

50 yards... = 150ft i have that from memory

Post by **dangerboy** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:59 pm

I think it was an event for the United Way campaign among federal employees in KC. I grew up near Whiteman and can definitely attest to the size and loudness of that plane. I never did get used to seeing that thing flying around, it's impressive and creepy at the same time.

FangKC · Post by **FangKC** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:43 pm

I heard it fly over Quality Hill today too. It always reminds me of something Darth Vadar would fly.

KCN · Post by **KCN** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:52 pm

They flew over MU for one of the football games. Talk about loud!

They also flew over my neighborhood in Columbia when they left to bomb the shit out of Afghanastan in 2001. That was kind of eerie to see.

StL_Dan · Post by **StL_Dan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:28 pm

KC wrote:I work waaaaay up north so I missed it. I guess the Stealth flew over downtown really low today at noon for some fundraiser.....that would be an awesome picture.

You're kidding!!!! I was playing ball outside at Hospital Hill at noon today and didn't hear, or see, a thing.

Man, I'm ticked that I missed that.

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