Posted on 04/06/2009 6:32:06 PM PDT by pissant
U.S. F-16 fighter jets are tracking a single-engine plane over Missouri that was stolen from a Thunder Bay, Ont., aviation school Monday afternoon.
Lt.-Cmdr. Gary Ross of NORAD in Colorado told CTV Newsnet that as of about 9 p.m. the plane was about 50 kilometres east of Salem.
"We remain in pursuit and are trying to encourage the pilot to land safely," he said.
Ross said the pilot has not responded to radio calls from the F-16s or the FAA and that the stolen Cessna 172 only has about one hour of fuel left.
He also said the pilot has refused to acknowledge the nonverbal communications from the F-16 jets to follow them.
(Excerpt) Read more at ctv.ca ...
Have you seen this?
He can fly circles around him and then use his cannon should he decide to take the plane out.
What I just wondered — Pakistan?
Ask Payne Stewart oh you can’t hes dead
The service ceiling for that plane is 13,500
Pretty darn good flying for a student pilot. A long cross country and night landing on a Missouri highway!
And it’s only Opening Day. We’re in for a long season, eh?
One student on board, they seem to know who it is but not willing to give name ... maybe we start a poll of first name guessing. I’m thinking neither George nor Gordon.
Baseball season is too long these days.
Did it do a loop de loop though the Arch?
“A federal law enforcement official told CNN the pilot is a naturalized Canadian citizen, but declined to give his name or country of origin.”
I was wondering the same thing. This is a ‘student’ pilot?
“I fler @ 14,000 from Mexico City to Loretto in 7 hours with no oxygen.”
How’d you hold your breath for 7 hours?
His first name is probably Al.
Apparently, the fans are on roids, too!
“Were you sleeping?”
Hell no, I was on an IFR flight plan.
FL14 was the minimum altitude leaving Mexico City and to reach Loretto I had to stay at that altitude leaned out to make the diatance.
Actually total time was 7 hours, 20 min. but I was only at FL14 dor 7 hours.
THey won’t say at this time.
Or the Raiders
Thanks - the media reported 14.5K seemed high to me -
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