Posted on 02/18/2010 8:25:50 AM PST by sportutegrl
News Alert, single engine plane plows into building in Austin, Texas. Building houses FBI.
(Excerpt) Read more at news8austin.com ...
VFR flights not required to have a flight plan.
Flying into controlled airspace, not required either, just be under ATC control. . .i.e., establish radio comms and follow directions. . .ATC doesn’t REALLY control the aircraft.
Crap like this doesn’t help GA at all.
What you said!
That's enough.
Now looks like he owned it? And an Omaha aviation link?
Joseph Stack
Bill Eli Band/CBS
the whole thingy is just sad
Update: Austin suicide pilot planted bomb in car at airport, federal officials tell NBC; bomb squad trying to defuse it
They found the bomb? Good.
There, but for the grace of the Angels, go I.
Software developer (Contract, until recently).
Former Austin resident for 31 years (still maintain an apartment there, about two miles down the highway from the Echelon complex).
Had less than delightful interactions with certain Govt functionaries in that very spot, years ago.
Eventually found work in another state.
bump
Update: Austin bomb squad finds no explosive in suicide pilot’s car at airport; investigation continues at office complex - NBC
Now, Round Rock used to have an airstrip. It was originally called "Tim's Airpark" and later "Executive." Michael Dell bought it and turned it into his main business campus, forcing private owners to move their planes to various other strips, such as Georgetown, or Austin Bergstrom (with its utterly usurious tiedown and hangar fees).
I recently heard that they got that area code because of the rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.
Mayor Leffingwell telling his interpreted story.
Reality is, this has all been recorded by the traffic cams at the site. I can’t get any of them to load, though.
Thanks for that update.
Has anyone heard of the story just now on Fox News about soldiers at Ft. Jackson South Carolina attempting to poison the food on the base? No details other than that it’s the result of a two-month investigation. What are their names I wonder? The enemy is in our midst. Time for a reckoning.
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