Turbine or piston?
XD *cackle* My dad asked the same thing. My mom had no idea.
It might've been the C-17s, my mom might just have been mistake.
~GnSx
Well, so far that's my only input from one of the ARTCC guys out there. Training run through the RDU area up to around Roanoke. Another thing, they weren't very low level....not sure of the exact altitude but it was several thousand feet. C17's are impressive beasts so I imagine they left quite the impression.
Maybe it was a bunch of ATR-72 cargo conversions going to the North Pole to help Santa with his weekend deliveries.
Wasn't it the ATR that was rolling over and crashing when it experienced icing?
UPDATE:
My dad showed my mom some pictures of C-17 Globemasters. She became excited and declared them to be the aircraft she saw. She took some pictures in to the daycare where she works and gave them to the kid who originally wanted to know what kind of planes they were.
Thanks a ton for your help, guys, especially JamisJockey and his "contacts" at the NATCA forum(s).
W00t!
~GnSx
What can I say, airplanes are my business.