NY incident :-(

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ospam (Rosspilot) wrote:
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I can accept making the mistake and busting the Class B... although not
excusable, it's done all the time. What I have trouble with is that the
guy apparently was aware of his mistake, told everyone where he was
going (to Republic), and then proceeded to not go there, instead
deciding to take a sight-seeing trip around the Statue.

That is, of course, if you believe the news report.



JKG

I saw the end part of the incident. The plane is tied down 10 spots away
from mine at Republic Airport in NY. Here's what I saw:

Driving to Republic, I saw what I thought was a tow plane and a glider
turning final on RWY 19. It struck me as odd since there are no glider ops
at FRG. When they're on final, it becomes apparent that it was a Mooney with
a Nassau County PD helicopter in close trail (like 50-100ft!). I watched as
long as I could without crashing my car and I was able to see another
helicopter hovering over the main ramp while the PD helo taxied with the
Mooney.

I had access to the Echo ramp (for those that are familiar with FRG) but
since the Orange Alert took place, car access was only through a maintenance
gate that neccessitated a trek across the main ramp and hence a good view of
what was going on. Basically, the guy's car was being searched and there was
a lot of people standing around. The other helo turned out to be an unmarked
souped-up Huey with about 5 different sensors protruding from various
locations. Could have been the Feds (anyone know? It wa a mettalic tan
color).

The whole thing was blown out of proportion as usual but maybe not as much
as I thought. According to a British newspaper, it had arrested two Saudi
nationals who were planning on crashing a small plane into an airliner
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/12378.asp) The story could have been
total BS but we all know that's all that's needed to raise tensions. If that
Brit story played into this incident, then that's some pretty bad timing for
the Mooney pilot.

We'll never know.

Marco



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There was a report about it last night on the evening news. What I found
most interesting about the newscaster's coverage was her "Shock and Awe" at
the fact that he flew around the Statue of Liberty!

After all, it's probably the only part of his trip that was legal (assuming
he was down at 500').



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"Rosspilot" wrote in message ...
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Other than the "demonstrating holes in NY anti-terror precautions" it actually
isn't too bad of an article.

"Judah" wrote in message ...
There was a report about it last night on the evening news. What I found
most interesting about the newscaster's coverage was her "Shock and Awe" at
the fact that he flew around the Statue of Liberty!

After all, it's probably the only part of his trip that was legal (assuming
he was down at 500').

Yep, and not going to endanger anyone since the anti-terror tofuheads have
had the thing closed to tourists.

"Rosspilot" wrote in message
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SIGH!!!
I don't know what binLaden's long term objective is, but he must be sitting
in his cave laughing his ass off at how much he got the US to chase it's
tail.

Off the top of their head I bet most terrorists could think of 10 ways to
commit their foul acts and each one would be a clean "end-run". It's said
the old Baader-Meinhof gang and Red Brigades succeeded beyond their wildest
expectations in moving the somewhat freer nations strongly towards the
fascism they (B-M, RB's) wished to impose.

"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
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The whole thing was blown out of proportion as usual but maybe not as much
as I thought. According to a British newspaper, it had arrested two Saudi
nationals who were planning on crashing a small plane into an airliner
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/12378.asp) The story could have been
total BS but we all know that's all that's needed to raise tensions. If
that
Brit story played into this incident, then that's some pretty bad timing
for
the Mooney pilot.

We'll never know.

Marco


Trying to hit an jet with a small piston single is like trying to hit a
bullet with an arrow. It would be interesting to see them try.

Mike
MU-2

Trying to hit an jet with a small piston single is like trying to hit a
bullet with an arrow. It would be interesting to see them try.

I think the point of the news stories right now is that they were going to
do this while both they and the 777 were taxiing, and not while in flight.

"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
...
The whole thing was blown out of proportion as usual but maybe not as
much
as I thought. According to a British newspaper, it had arrested two
Saudi
nationals who were planning on crashing a small plane into an airliner
(http://www.todayonline.com/articles/12378.asp) The story could have
been
total BS but we all know that's all that's needed to raise tensions. If
that
Brit story played into this incident, then that's some pretty bad timing
for
the Mooney pilot.

We'll never know.

Marco


Trying to hit an jet with a small piston single is like trying to hit a
bullet with an arrow. It would be interesting to see them try.

I think they were going to do it while the plane was taxiing, or during the
takeoff run.