"Nomen Nescio" wrote
The planes come in low over Rt 20 for landing on rnwy 6.
The parking area is right next to the fence. A little left of
the rnwy centerline.

MKE has (had?) a north/south runway that has road running east/west down in
a valley just off of the approach end of the runway. To the south of that
road is another hill that tops out at the same height as the runway.

I remember one crisp, blue, fall day many years ago when my wife and I
stopped there during a motorcycle ride. The north runway was in use, and we
climbed up that hill and lay there on our backs as the jets would scream
over us coming in to land. They looked like they couldn't have been more
than 100-200 feet over us since the approach end of the runway was only 1/4
mile or so from where we were lying. It was a windy day and after they
passed overhead you could see how much of a crab angle they had relative to
the runway.

That was a neat day.

BDS