Posted on 02/03/2016 8:55:57 AM PST by PROCON
A huge influx of general aviation air traffic is expected to hit the San Francisco Bay Area during the first week of February in anticipation Super Bowl 50. While you're watching football on Sunday, the Air Force will be watching the skies in case an errant pilot wanders into the protected airspace surrounding the big game.
But it takes practice to intercept a slow moving Cessna with a big twin-engine supersonic fighter jet. The California Air National Guard and the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) have been busy preparing should such an encounter be required. CAP's California Wing spent an entire day last week flying two Cessna 182s low and slow around Fresno to help U.S. Air Force fighter jet F-15 crews maintain their proficiency. Another practice flight is scheduled for later this week over Oakland.
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Will these errant civilian planes be shot down if they don't comply?
How about if they're over populated areas?
You’d think a flock of small drones bearing plastic explosive would be much more effective as a terror weapon against an open stadium full of people.
This let's me watch the 15s light burners and climb out. The ground shakes. Very impressive.
FYI darling!
To me, there is nothing that says “Power” more than a full afterburner takeoff!
When I served on a carrier, I used to see F-14 Tomcats take off in full afterburner, and even got caught behind a jet blast deflector (JBD) once (NOT FUN) when one went off.
But boy, if you love loud, powerful, ground shaking things, afterburners do that for me!
My question is - is the NFL paying the US Government for F-15 patrols to keep their events safe?
After all, the NFL is a protected monopoly, and they can afford to pay their commissioner $45 million per year.
not something taxpayers should be paying for.
That is a trip.
When I 1st got to NAS Jax we used to go sit at the end of the runway and watch and for sure listen to them do touchengos,think they were F4s back then?.....Fun
I worked on the Klamath fall Airport 2000-2002 which is home to the Oregon Air National Guard 173rd Fighter Wing. They were prohibited from using afterburners except during the first week after 9/11...
Or maybe a couple of P-51s or A-1 Skyraiders!
I wonder when the first supersonic drone for consumer use will hit the market.
An A-10 is slow enough to track with a Cessna, and has a couple of tools to eliminate the threat if necessary.
"Tower, November blah, blah, blah, Mike, ready for takeoff, runway niner left".
"November blah, blah, blah, mike, you are cleared for maximum performance takeoff, report ten thousand feet".
Forty seconds later, .........
"Tower, ten thousand feet"
"November blah, blah, blah, mike, contact departure @ 128.yaddah.....And thank you for making our day."
"Tower, departure @ 128.yaddah, and you're welcome"
That’s cool. I worked on a lot of airports both civilian and military. The loudest planes I was ever around were Navy EA6-B’s at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station. I always assumed it was because they use maximum thrust for takeoff. The base had 2 -8,000 foot crosswind runways but they only used 1,000 feet on each end to replicate carrier landing/takeoffs. The worse times were at the beginning of each month when they would get their fuel store filled and every plane was constantly going up. Toward the end of the month when fuel was in short supply they would only have a handful of planes going up so those day were great.
At Kfalls (10,300 feet) the Air Force F-15’s would roll about 5-6,000 feet before lift off and landings they would take the whole 10,300. The F-15’s were very quiet by comparison.
No need to shoot anyone down, merely buzz right over them with about 350 knots closure and pull up violently just as you get to it. The downward wash off the F-15 would swat a 172 out of the sky.
We had a huffer, so they used to come into Charlotte a lot on their way up the east coast for refueling and a start with the huffer.
Those T-38's are so light they go from sea level to 30,000 feet in one minute.
I was at a GWB rally in 2004 and a small plane entered the airspace around the stadium. It was intercepted by a fighter plane but it was much too late. If the pilot had had bad intentions he could have fired a missile at the podium or something. The small plane was escorted away and the pilot lost his license for a while.
Stall speed for A-10 is 138 mph. The Cessna is less than half that.
Will they shoot an aircraft down whose in violation?
Active Duty ping.
No, there are gun drone control laws now. Can't happen.
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