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Ron Natalie wrote:
Customs owns the blackhawks too. They're on loan to the DC area security efforts. Helicopters are a bit more appropriate (if you're not going to fire weapons) than jets for shooing away wayward light planes. Helicopters are fine even if you *are* going to fire weapons (though it is to be hoped that Customs doesn't own any "gunships"). George Patterson "Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got no clothes on - and are up to somethin'. |
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Peter R. wrote:
Really? A Citation jet intercepted the wayward C150? That's news to me. The Citation was involved in the intercept although the Blackhawk was the one flying formation - at least until the F-16s showed up. That was reported from the beginning. -- John T http://tknowlogy.com/TknoFlyer http://www.pocketgear.com/products_s...veloperid=4415 ____________________ |
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John T wrote:
The Citation was involved in the intercept although the Blackhawk was the one flying formation - at least until the F-16s showed up. That was reported from the beginning. Thanks. I guess I missed that. These newsgroups should be required reading for every pilot. :-) -- Peter |
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Customs has been doing aerial intercept of aircraft for years, primarily
from an anti-drug standpoint. There are two based here in suburban Houston, and we have had them as a speaker before (pre-9/11) regarding their ops (safety meeting/PR material) What were they doing? They were tracking the target. Just like they always do. Dave Peter R. wrote: John T wrote: The Citation was involved in the intercept although the Blackhawk was the one flying formation - at least until the F-16s showed up. That was reported from the beginning. Thanks. I guess I missed that. These newsgroups should be required reading for every pilot. :-) |
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"John T" wrote in message
... The Citation was involved in the intercept although the Blackhawk was the one flying formation - at least until the F-16s showed up. That was reported from the beginning. Saying that the F16s were "flying formation" with the C150 is a bit of a stretch of the term... You might as well say that buzzards circling overhead as you're dying in the desert are "flying formation" with ya'... |
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Interested folks need to read Mr. Sheaffer's issued statement, reported
on AVWEB and AOPA.... denny |
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Denny wrote:
Interested folks need to read Mr. Sheaffer's issued statement, reported on AVWEB and AOPA.... denny Mr. Sheaffer's statement was issued by his attorney (not a bad idea) and should be taken with a LARGE amount of skepticism. |
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Grumman-581 wrote: "John T" wrote in message ... The Citation was involved in the intercept although the Blackhawk was the one flying formation - at least until the F-16s showed up. That was reported from the beginning. Saying that the F16s were "flying formation" with the C150 is a bit of a stretch of the term... You might as well say that buzzards circling overhead as you're dying in the desert are "flying formation" with ya'... He didn't say that. He said that the Blackhawk was flying formation unil the F-16s got there. According to various reports, that's when the Blackhawk broke off. While working in a restricted area on a missile range in the 80s, I once requested that some F-15s to intercept a hot air balloon that had strayed over a hot range. Now that was a funny intercept! John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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A.Coleman wrote:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...&sn=018&sc=478 AA Revokes License of D.C. 'Alert' Pilot - Monday, May 23, 2005 (05-23) 12:15 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has revoked the license of the pilot in charge of the small plane that strayed to within three miles of the White House on May 11, forcing the panicked evacuation of thousands of people from the executive mansion, Capitol and Supreme Court. Though hundreds of people have mistakenly flown into Washington's restricted airspace, this was believed to be the first such revocation. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it had issued an emergency revocation of Hayden L. Sheaffer's pilot's license because he "constitutes an unacceptable risk to safety in air commerce." The agency said no action would be taken against Sheaffer's student, who was also in the plane. AOPA has said that Sheaffer is not an instructor, if correct Troy Martin was not "his student" he was merely a passenger (legally anyway) |
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xyzzy wrote:
AOPA has said that Sheaffer is not an instructor, if correct Troy Martin was not "his student" he was merely a passenger (legally anyway) Right, "a student" not "his student" would be a more appropriate word. |
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