Dangerous Cessna evacuates govt again

W P Dixon wrote:

WOW!
One would have to be pretty stupid to fly over DC in todays world. I
can understand the "No Fly Zone" policy, but I can't understand why all
the cops in the area have to act like Soviet paratroopers are descending
around Washington Monument.
Yeah, well it was a student pilot for God's sake. Lets Burn him/her at the stake.

When onboard the USS Iwo Jima we almost had to shoot down a small GA
plane in the Med. He invaded our airspace, after the second warning
battle stations were called, all the cool anti aircraft machine guns and
missles came online. The Captain had them try him one last time and he
waved his wings and turned around. I often wonder if he actually
realized how close to dying he was.
A military vessel at sea is a lot different than US city that is supposed
to be the epitome of freedom in the civilized word.

So I can agree with most and say the DC police act like a bunch of
bent out of shape Campfire Girls running around screaming , but if a US
Warship has protected airspace..shouldn't the Capital of the US? What
excuse could a pilot give in VFR conditions for being to close to DC? Oh
I didn't know what DC looked like? I agree with the take their license
away.

As I said, it was a stedent pilot... sheesh. And why not shut down the
airspace around all US cities while we are at it? After all, Don Daley
destroyed an airport in Chicago proportedly because of the "threat" of
these dangerous GA aircraft.

The news channels were saying that it would take the plane 90 seconds
to reach the Capital or White House from the 3 mile radius....bet that 3
mile becomes 10 miles soon. We can thank this latest idiot as well as
the Governor of Kentucky's pilots!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"kontiki" wrote in message
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W P Dixon wrote:

WOW!
One would have to be pretty stupid to fly over DC in todays world. I
can understand the "No Fly Zone" policy, but I can't understand why all
the cops in the area have to act like Soviet paratroopers are descending
around Washington Monument.
Yeah, well it was a student pilot for God's sake. Lets Burn him/her at
the stake.

When onboard the USS Iwo Jima we almost had to shoot down a small GA
plane in the Med. He invaded our airspace, after the second warning
battle stations were called, all the cool anti aircraft machine guns and
missles came online. The Captain had them try him one last time and he
waved his wings and turned around. I often wonder if he actually
realized how close to dying he was.
A military vessel at sea is a lot different than US city that is supposed
to be the epitome of freedom in the civilized word.

So I can agree with most and say the DC police act like a bunch of
bent out of shape Campfire Girls running around screaming , but if a US
Warship has protected airspace..shouldn't the Capital of the US? What
excuse could a pilot give in VFR conditions for being to close to DC? Oh
I didn't know what DC looked like? I agree with the take their license
away.

As I said, it was a stedent pilot... sheesh. And why not shut down the
airspace around all US cities while we are at it? After all, Don Daley
destroyed an airport in Chicago proportedly because of the "threat" of
these dangerous GA aircraft.

One of them was a student pilot the other was at least a private. OBTW it
is Dick Daley, not Don.

Dave Stadt wrote:
One of them was a student pilot the other was at least a private. OBTW it
is Dick Daley, not Don.

The "Don" was a tongue in cheek reference to his mob-boss like control over Chicago.

Well kontiki,
I am a student pilot and I have enough sense to not fly to the White House.
Doesn't VFR mean being able to see the ground? Please correct me if I am
wrong there. Is there really any American who can not tell what Washington
DC looks like ? I wonder if he was flying with his instructor? I do not know
the answer to that.., blame the CFI , if it was a CFI with him? Probably
none of us know all the details, but from what I do know, I would rip their
certificates up. But hey, that's my humble opinion. Could it change as more
facts are known , sure I am flexible. But things don't look to good from
what I do know.
Oh and I do agree with you, if we would do something to control our
borders we would be alot better off....maybe even not have to take away
Americans rights, and "strip search Grandma at the airport" Our nation's
security should start at the border, not at a St. Louis airport in the
middle of the country.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


"kontiki" wrote in message
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Yeah, well it was a student pilot for God's sake. Lets Burn him/her at
the stake.

As I said, it was a stedent pilot... sheesh. And why not shut down the
airspace around all US cities while we are at it? After all, Don Daley
destroyed an airport in Chicago proportedly because of the "threat" of
these dangerous GA aircraft.

On Wed, 11 May 2005 21:11:04 -0400, "W P Dixon"
wrote in
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I am a student pilot and I have enough sense to not fly to the White House.
Doesn't VFR mean being able to see the ground?

Not in the US.