As I recall the article, they were planning on flying under the Class B near
its edge. Of course that's now the ADIZ that goes all the way down to the
surface, so they were actually expecting to be in what is now ADIZ.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m...
Mike Schumann wrote:
I have 0 sympathy for either of these guys. Since when is a GPS required
for VFR navigation? What happened to learning how to read a map and
looking out the window? Makes you really question a system where you get
your pilots license and you are good to go for life. Maybe there should
be some periodic retest to make sure people still have the skills they
need or have learned about new stuff that didn't exist when they first
got their license.

If they'd drawn a straight line between Smoketown and Lumberton, they
would have pretty much missed the entire ADIZ mess (and the class B as
well). The straight line path if I recall runs right down the east
edge of the ADIZ. If they'd have tracked down the eastern shore until
past DC, they wouldn't have come close and the visual landmark (the
Chesapeake bay) is pretty hard to miss. Yes, it does mean that they would
have had to cross the water however.