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Pilot Broke Rules When He Buzzed Downtown (Ohio ANG F-16)
The Columbus Dispatch ^
| Saturday, February 24, 2007
| Matt Tullis
Posted on 02/24/2007 1:09:53 PM PST by buccaneer81
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To: fso301
A friend of my dad's got court marshaled for buzzing Auburn University in a P-38 during WWII. He should have received a medal. ;-)
To: RichInOC
"Mustang, this is Ghostrider, requesting flyby.""Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full"
We all know what came next ;-)
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:27:37 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
"Two of your snot-nosed jockeys did a fly-by on my tower at over four hundred knots! I want somebody's butt, I want it now, I've had it!"
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:28:31 PM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(I love pissing off liberals, both democrat and republican.)
To: IrishCatholic
Yep, Democrats get unnerved real quick and always vote that way.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:28:34 PM PST
by
ANGGAPO
(LayteGulfBeachClub)
To: buccaneer81
It sure seems all the really important stuff has been solved and we are busy solving all the BS.
With the very limited resources we have... do we really need to be spending time and money on meaningless stuff like this?
Priorities folks...
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:34:29 PM PST
by
SomeoneNeedsToSayIt
(Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.)
To: buccaneer81
There will probably be a few very clean latrines via toothbrush and maybe some name calling .... I notice the pilot is not named.
The rules were broken, but I have a feeling the local boy scouts (or someone) requested of the son of the pilot ... "Gee .. your dad's a fighter pilot !!?"
The pilot just told the truth and compared/contrasted his act to the socialist assault on America and American boys.
"Yes sir, I did it ... and if asked ... I'd do it again."
All of the above is conjecture.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:34:39 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: buccaneer81
FAA regulations say the top permissible speed over Downtown is 288 mph. Hmmmm....-if- he was in the Atlanta Class B Airspace, he was limited to 230 mph. FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations) 91.117.
Still, sounds like he had fun...until he landed.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:34:43 PM PST
by
GoldCountryRedneck
("God made liquor and God made brew, so ugly people could have sex too" - unknown)
To: buccaneer81
As cute and macho as some may think it is because they saw in a corny movie, it is a dangerous and immature stunt with expensive taxpayer equipment that should ground any pilot who does it.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:36:25 PM PST
by
CodeToad
To: buccaneer81
one woman was described as panicked by the sound and sight of a fighter jet over the city.Probably the same sort that "panics" at the sight of a firearm.
To: buccaneer81
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:39:28 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: buccaneer81
I proudly tip my hat to that pilot. He may be asked to fly through Tehran someday.
He was just practicing.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:40:40 PM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: buccaneer81; Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; ...
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:45:28 PM PST
by
Aeronaut
(Hebrews 13:4)
To: Kirkwood
Those folks are the same type as those who, in Northern California, freaked at seeing a C-17 do touch-and-go patterns in 2004, comparing it to 9-11.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:46:12 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: buccaneer81
The F-16 flight carrying then-Lt. Gov. Bruce Johnson...Expensive joyride.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:51:17 PM PST
by
decimon
To: HawaiianGecko
She just needs to get over it. It's the sound of freedom.
To: Lancey Howard
I get nervous when these fighter jets are treated like toys. Wasn't it just a few years ago that some hotdog killed a bunch of people in Italy riding a ski tram up the mountain when he "buzzed" the car and ended up snapping the cable?
Me too!
I get nervous every time I heat up a can of soup for lunch.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:52:33 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: buccaneer81
It is really cool to see. Where we keep our rv all summer there is a base near by. We get the pilots buzzing the river and all of us are happy to see them. It is an awesome sight to see. We also have a bombing range on our way to the campground , we've never saw it in use. Locals tell us that they use it right before they do a mission ..I don't know if thats really true but nobody minds it down there.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:55:40 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
( zero tolerance to the will of Allah ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
To: buccaneer81
Oh for the days of sitting at the edge of Mather field's runways drinking beers and watching B-52's take off one right after the other.
Kind of cool to still see large planes there except now they're DHL and UPS planes. I live in the foothills and see and hear them fly over. It's kind of cool, they're not loud at all yet people complain about noise that are in the flight path.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:55:51 PM PST
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
To: fogofbobegabay
I wonder how many kids looked up at that plane in awe and inspiration. I have vivid memories of seeing military aircraft flying low when I was little. It started a lifelong love of aviation.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:55:54 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Lancey Howard
He didn't buzz the car.
If my memory is correct, he was on a legit flight path, but the map that was used didn't have the gondola (and cable) marked on the map.
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posted on
02/24/2007 1:57:11 PM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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