Possibly by JG Ballard, possibly about a pilot in a fighter plane who finds himself flying over a transformed and overgrown landscape
writer and composer
I have come back to you as I left: a fool.
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Maybe this one, The Ultimate City? This pitch sounded cool so I went looking https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Ultimate-City.pdf
Ok, so, ChatGPT as we all know now is a minefield of hallucination and the way they've taken content is morally questionable and the whole thing is a mess best avoided. But I thought what the hell, because it seems like the perfect vague association question for an LLM.
"The short story you're referring to is likely "The Sound-Sweep" by J.G. Ballard. While it doesn't feature a pilot in a fighter plane, it does involve a character flying over a transformed and overgrown landscape. In "The Sound-Sweep," the protagonist operates a machine that cleans up soundscapes, and during one of his assignments, he encounters a deserted, jungle-like landscape that contrasts with the urban environments he is accustomed to. The story explores themes of technology, nature, and the impact of human activities on the environment"
I am not sure its description is actually correct, but The Sound-Sweep is a real Ballard short story, and my quick skim of it does make it seem like something that might have stuck in your mind specifically!
It could be the novel The Crystal World. Alas, I gave away my print copy of the Complete Short Stories, and the audiobook is not conducive to skimming,