A Canadian tries formation flight over DC ADIZ

[Icebound]

A couple of weeks ago......

"Icebound" > wrote in message
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>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> With all the reports now coming out about how close that Cessna came to
>> getting smoked over Washington, it got me thinking. When the governor
>> of Kentucky flew into D.C. in his King Air with a dead transponder, it
>> caused all kinds of panic. Then the Cessna incident happened. If
>> something like that occurred again, what are the chances that the next
>> aircraft would be fired upon?
>
> The more often these occur without anybody seriously hurt, the less likely
> there will be a shoot-down because the previous experiences will suggest
> "low danger probability". ... and also the more likely that the media
> will
> go away because they want to be chasing real blood, not another ho-hum
> ADIZ
> penetration.
>
>

....borne out today, as another incursion brought out the helicopters, but
the media spent hardly any time on it.... and this group none at all, up til
now.

http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-869409.php

[Jay Beckman]

"Icebound" > wrote in message
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>>
>>
>
> ...borne out today, as another incursion brought out the helicopters, but
> the media spent hardly any time on it.... and this group none at all, up
> til now.
>
> http://www.airforcetimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-869409.php
>
>

At least this version of the story says the F16s "dropped flares" instead of
"fired flares" like they're some kind of weapon.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

[John T]

The Associated Press continues to get it wrong.

This part is correct:

<quote>
Private planes are not allowed to fly in the Air Defense Identification
Zone, or ADIZ — an area of about 2,000 square miles radiating from the three
airports around Washington — unless they have a special transponder code and
maintain radio contact with the FAA.
</quote>

This part is not:

<quote>
They’re not allowed at all within the Flight Restricted Zone, or FRZ, about
a 16-mile radius around the Washington Monument.
</quote>

This is patently untrue. Private planes *do* fly in the Flight Restricted
Zone around Washington. Obviously, they have much tighter restrictions than
the rest of the ADIZ, but they do fly there regularly.

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John T
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