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To: 300winmag

Those are Jack cool - the logo or no logo is your call :~D


6,589 posted on 02/22/2006 8:02:37 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog; Ramius; g'nad; Corin Stormhands; 2Jedismom

President Bush was in the Detroit area Monday, and there's always a 30-mile no-fly zone around him. That no-fly zone extended to Brighton, where my brother lives, and where there's a little uncontrolled airport.

Some Cessna 152 didn't get the message, until it was intercepted at 1000-2000 feet above my brother's house by a F16. Bob said the planes came within 200 feet of each other, and the 152 rocked and rolled as it went through the F16's turbulence.

Apparently the 152 pilot STILL didn't notice anything odd, but he finally caught on when the F16 fired three self-defense flares. The F16 circled it until it was on the ground, and state police came rolling up to the plane.

His local paper had a small blurb on the incident, which was probably the most excitement Brighton has had in the last 50 years. They quoted a Selfridge Air Guard spokesman as saying that NO warnings of any kind were fired.

Bob saw three flares popped. Apparently that's the final escalation before a burst of 20mm fire from the plane's guns. I could see why the USAF denied doing it.

The moral of the story is never play dumb with a fully-armed fighter on your tail. And be grateful the police and Secret Service will only scare the sh!t out of you when you land.


6,840 posted on 02/22/2006 11:54:02 PM PST by 300winmag
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