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I know what you mean.

I live in Maynard, Massachusetts, and had a simlar experience. My wife sometimes thinks I am a whacko. I live in the flight path of Hanscom AFB, used to be a USN jet mechanic, and a certifiable aviation nut.

I am constantly running out of the house and looking in the sky, while she shakes her head. Of course, anyone who has worked for a while on planes knows that they ALL have a distinctive sound, and with a discriminating ear, you can tell them apart.

One day, I hear this sound...and I say to myself...those are radial engines...multiple engines. The list is fairly short....so I run outside and....

A B-17 is flying directly towards my house at about 250 feet!!! I couldn't effing believe it!!!! So I'm in my backyard, jumping up and down with my arms in the air going "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" at the top of my lungs...:)

I also saw a B-25 one day...but it is frustrating to try to follow that through the trees, but there was no mistake about it. It apparently landed at a small community airport with some kind of landing gear problem.

I am sure my neighbors bring their kids in when I am out now...

I live next door to Travis AFB. Even though I've lived here for most of my life, I still look up, even at the C-5's. Once in a while I'll hear a hollow roar and I still run outside to see one of the little guys fly by, usually it turns out to be a T-38 but sometimes it's an F-16 or F-15.

Shortly after 9-11 I was out BBQing on the back patio and two fully strapped F-16's passed right overhead headed west toward the bay. That gave me warm fuzzies.