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Stolen plane has less than an hour of fuel left
CTV ^ | staff

Posted on 04/06/2009 6:32:06 PM PDT by pissant

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To: BlueAngel

He’s probably going to be even more “unhappy” if the F16’s decide to engage!


41 posted on 04/06/2009 6:54:50 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: sofaman

I was going to say, if he thought he was unhappy before, he doesn’t even know what he’s in for...


42 posted on 04/06/2009 6:55:01 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: pissant

“IN PURSUIT”???

Just how long does it take an F-16 to pursue a civilian single engine plane with a top speed of, what? 170 mph?


43 posted on 04/06/2009 6:55:20 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Big_Monkey

The misunderstood militant Islamist which our POTUS assured that the U.S. is not, and NEVER WILL BE at war with Islam.


44 posted on 04/06/2009 6:55:28 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: pissant

Posted lest than 15 minutes ago:

Authorities know pilot’s identity but haven’t release his age or name.

Brown says the plane has been at a fairly constant altitude of about 14,500 feet.

Flying at high altitude without using oxygen can cause a pilot to lose consciousness, and a plane on autopilot can continue flying itself.

http://www.nbc26.com/Global/story.asp?S=10140320


45 posted on 04/06/2009 6:56:00 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: investigateworld

“Ah, the Stealth Cessna 172. Remember when one snuck in and landed at Red Square in Moscow?”

I think that was a 152.


46 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:14 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: sofaman
Doesn't everyone steal a Cessna when they're unhappy?

We're just being so judgmental here! /sarc

47 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:14 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: Erik Latranyi
“It appears to be flying over 14,000 feet. The “pilot” is probably incoherent to what is happening right now due to a lack of oxygen.”

At last we know what those North Korean practical jokesters really had ductaped to the nose of that rocket they launched over the weekend! /s

48 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:25 PM PDT by shoutingandpointing
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To: crosslink
"Could it make it to Detroit and the game? Ford field is easy to hit.

I think it's already south of St. Louis.

49 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:27 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: Big_Monkey

They know his identity/name and age, but are not saying at this time.


50 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:54 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Just how long does it take an F-16 to pursue a civilian single engine plane with a top speed of, what? 170 mph?”

Around 120 I think.


51 posted on 04/06/2009 6:57:57 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: pissant

Shoot it down. Seriously. Doesn’t matter why it’s been stolen, doesn’t matter that it’s only a cessna. It’s a rogue aircraft in our airspace.


52 posted on 04/06/2009 6:58:07 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: dljordan

162.


53 posted on 04/06/2009 6:58:23 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: umgud

They do figure-8 loops.

I saw this happen on 9/11 near Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Turns out it was an idiot MA bureaucrat in a small plane who thought the lockdown didn’t apply to him.


54 posted on 04/06/2009 6:59:14 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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To: chris_bdba

Plane has landed on a highway and the person is on the run!


55 posted on 04/06/2009 6:59:17 PM PDT by BlueAngel
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To: BlueAngel

Are you serious? I thought that only happened with car chases!


56 posted on 04/06/2009 7:00:22 PM PDT by Grammy
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To: mplsconservative

methinks “unhappy” is the least of his problems right now


57 posted on 04/06/2009 7:00:45 PM PDT by sofaman (Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to the one place in the ME with no oil - Golda Meir)
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To: cripplecreek

But there aren’t any baseball fans in Canada, are there?!


58 posted on 04/06/2009 7:00:45 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: VRWCTexan

Greta - Fox News reporting aircraft landed on highway 15 minutes ago!!!


59 posted on 04/06/2009 7:01:48 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: Grammy

Yep, in Missouri!


60 posted on 04/06/2009 7:01:50 PM PDT by BlueAngel
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