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2005-05-11 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Frank G 2005-05-11 12:03|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 bigtime! all senators and WH staff ordered out

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 12:05|| 2005-05-11 12:05|| Front Page Top

#2 FAA tracking an unidentified aircraft

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 12:08|| 2005-05-11 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 cessna f*&ked up

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 12:11|| 2005-05-11 12:11|| Front Page Top

#4 isn't Alaska Paul
flying today?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 12:12|| 2005-05-11 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Well that certainly energized an otherwise boring day in the District.

Posted by TomAnon 2005-05-11 12:28|| 2005-05-11 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey Alaska Paul, looks like you need to update your sectionals again !

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2005-05-11 12:28|| 2005-05-11 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 UPDATE: ALL CLEAR. A spokesman for the North American Air Defense (search) said they expect to issue a statement within an hour on the event. here's a working link to Fox news article.

Posted by GK 2005-05-11 12:44|| 2005-05-11 12:44|| Front Page Top

#8 It was just those giant grasshoppers again. To be expected after a wet winter.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-05-11 13:28|| 2005-05-11 13:28|| Front Page Top

#9 The wife and I work on opposite sides of the WH. She called me, text messaged me and called my mobile while I had it off. She was halfway to our rendevous point by the time I got the message. I found out about the all clear before she did. Cell phones did not work well because the systems were so busy. For a few minutes it was like 9/11 in terms of uncertainty and inability to communicate. Fortunately it turned out to be nothing more than an excuse to have lunch out of the office on a nice day.

How can a flying instructor be so stupid as to fly in DC restricted airspace? A Darwin award was deserved. If the USAF had smoked this guy, I think that the public would be 80/20 in favor.

Posted by JAB 2005-05-11 19:15|| 2005-05-11 19:15|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm for it - lesson demonstrated

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 19:31|| 2005-05-11 19:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Falling debris - too much collateral damage on the ground.

Posted by rkb 2005-05-11 19:34|| 2005-05-11 19:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Cessna vs F16? Sounds like herding a calf to the slaughteryard

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-11 19:49|| 2005-05-11 19:49|| Front Page Top

#13 It's kind of difficult to throttle back an F-16 enough to keep up with a Cessna 150 and still stay in the air. They need an A-10 for slow movers like that. Can you imagine the pucker factor of seeing an A-10 line up on your tail with that GAU-8 cannon pointed directly at your spine? With a decent headwind, an A-10 can almost hover...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-05-11 20:33|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-05-11 20:33|| Front Page Top

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