Saw an interception yesterday!

With the President in New London yesterday for the USCGA graduation,
I'm sure there were TFR's... I didn't check since I didn't go flying
yesterday. Apparently somebody else didn't, either... I was driving
east down Rt. 95 when I saw something odd in the sky... as it came
around I could see it was an F-22, at around 3000'.

Then I saw the Cessna. The F-22 circled it once more, then hit the
burners (I could hear it even over the traffic noise on the highway)
and screamed off back towards New London. At this point I lost sight
of the Cessna who continued heading west (had to watch the road, after
all!)

Later, a non pilot friend said he saw it, too... the jet chased the
Cessna (which from his description must have been a Skymaster) from
the east, S-turning to avoid overrunning it, circled it passing REAL
close a few times (about when I saw it), then headed back.

I'll bet the Cessna pilot need a change of shorts! I'm sure he's in
for an unpleasant conversation with the authorities, too.

Nothing in the news, though.

-Dana
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