To bring just a little sensibility to this thread that started stupidly
and racist enough:
There IS something I've been wondering about. Forget the student because
he's just a student and may not have known better. But the other guy was an
instructor from what we read. With that being the case, I have some
questions and/or comments to throw in here.
The planned trip was quite a distance away so this supposedly
knowledgeable instructor must have filed a VFR flight plan as is accepted
practice for ANY responsible pilot. If so, and they wandered toward the
White House, would they not have been in a discussion with at least the FSS
of the area. And if they weren't talking to anyone, and their 1200
transponder blip was seen heading toward the White House, would it not have
been a simple thing for the FSS to take a look at all the VFR flight plans
in the area for that time and figured out who it might be and try to raise
them on the radio WAY before the 150 got so close to the White House?
Additionally (and if it were me), I would have asked for Flight
Following as is MY custom for any cross country VFR flights. No, they may
not have asked for that, but I would have thought that they would have for
the purpose of getting the student more radio time which is an important
part of the pilot's learning process.
Bottom line is that I have to wonder: Weren't they talking to ANYBODY
after they took off? Are we to think that a C150 owned by a flying club had
no radio?
For my part, I have to think that they WERE talking to somebody and that
we will eventually find out that some responsibility may rests with the FAA
in some capacity.
Unfortunately for DrunkKlingon, there is a good chance that if that
happens, there is a good probability that the person will turn out to be
white :-)

MJC


"Stan Gosnell" wrote in message
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DrunkKlingon wrote in news:i5Kge.14084$eJ4.12338
@bignews4.bellsouth.net:

Look at the protection radius around a nuke carrier in the
ocean??? 250 miles!! Good god a plane would NEVER get that
close to the USS John F Kennedy why the F^&% the White House????

You propose a no-fly zone with a 250 mile radius around the White House?
What have you been smoking, DrunkKlansman? That simply isn't possible.

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Regards,

Stan

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. Franklin