NORAD intercepting Air France 68 now (plane has landed without incident)

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[BurbankKarl]

if you have a good scanner in So Cal, tune to 271.0, set it in AM mode and listen to Norad intercept Air France flight 68, due at LAX 515pm

two F16s from AZ current refueling off Pacific

[The Mayor]

Well that was fun, I have been glued to this since the first 20 posts. LOL!!

[Hotdog]

Amen to that...had to eat my dinner in from of you all...sorry about that...but damn...it was good!

[al baby]

This is what Freeping is all about.
1 hour and 58 minutes!!!!!

No way it only felt like 1 hour and 57 minutes

[swany]

DITTO!!

[homemom]

***If there were three names that I wish I could have banished from all news from now on, it would be Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant and Scott Peterson. ***

YES, YES, YES!!!!! Throw them all in a cell together wtih Martha Stewart and that will be the penalty for all of them.

[Petronski]

[westnews]

Information as of 0150Z
FlightID: AFR068 (Undefined, Undefined)
Status: DEPARTED, ENROUTE
Company: AIR FRANCE
Country: FRANCE
Radio Call: AIRFRANS
Ground Spd: 157 kts (Assigned: M085)
Altitude: 010(hundreds of feet) (Assigned: 370)
Type: B744 (Boeing Company Model 747-400)
Origin Apt: LFPG CHARLES DE GAULLE
Dest Apt: LAX LOS ANGELES INTL
Departed: E2320Z ETA As Filed: 1030Z, Calculated ETE: 0h 1m

[Hotdog]

"from=front"

[Hotdog]

"from=front"

[ladyinred]

LANDED!

[nwctwx]

But...where's the Ka-Boom....there was supposed to be an earth shattering Ka-Boom....

By the level of excitement here, you wonder if some were hoping for it...

[varina davis]

FR is just waaay terrific! Thanks y'all!

[cmsgop]

HEY GANG!!!! LETS PICK ANOTHER FLIGHT TO WATCH !!!!

[cdtoo]

Sure as S**T two F-16's just flew over downtown LA !!!!

[nicmarlo]

I only started at 300 + : ) Thanks for the link, again. That was interesting.

[MJY1288]

"Well that was fun, I have been glued to this since the first 20 posts. LOL!!"

LOL, Me too, I was too busy refreshing to even post, I'll send Karl the bill for my blood pressure corrective medicine :-)

[Hotdog]

Sounds good!...how about one going to France?

[tallhappy]

F-16's just flew over downtown LA

I heard it.

[Yaelle]

See what you started? For a while there, this thread dominated FR and the title made it think we were intercepting a terrorist attack! Whew for a safe landing.

[tallhappy]

F-16's just flew over downtown LA

I heard it.