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Old August 12th 05, 04:14 AM
john smith
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Customs pilots have gone to great lengths to try to keep the F-16s from
becoming involved, to the point of crafting handmade signs with the
emergency frequency on them and waving them at pilots of target aircraft
through the Citation's cockpit windows. Cox said that in the end, they
just painted the frequency on the noses of the Washington-based aircraft
so the customs pilots could better maintain visual contact (it was hard
to see through the signs).
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Old August 12th 05, 05:01 AM
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john smith wrote:
Customs pilots have gone to great lengths to try to keep the F-16s from
becoming involved, to the point of crafting handmade signs with the
emergency frequency on them and waving them at pilots of target aircraft
through the Citation's cockpit windows. Cox said that in the end, they
just painted the frequency on the noses of the Washington-based aircraft
so the customs pilots could better maintain visual contact (it was hard
to see through the signs).


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Old August 12th 05, 09:29 PM
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Old August 13th 05, 02:00 AM
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In article .com,
"grubertm" wrote:

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Interestingly the USCG helicopters are working on a programmable BIG led
sign they can hang out the window to establish contact with pilots of
light planes... Better to give the pilot of (err, wayward 150s) a chance
to contact them before the F-16s give them a run...

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University of Michigan Hospitals
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Old August 12th 05, 09:29 PM
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