I live in Long Island, Virginia about a half hour outside of Lynchburg and needless to say at night you can see the night sky crisp and clear without any city lights to hinder your view.
I live below an air corridor that Planes from Pittsburgh and Chicago O'hare use to travel down to Charlotte, NC.
I watch them all the time....almost clockwork....they pass over every 5 or ten minutes.
It was so wild to walk outside immediately after the 11th and not see one plane in the sky or hear the quiet distant rumble of their engines....not one.
That, among other things.....I will never forget.