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White House Briefly Evacuated
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| June 19, 2002
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Posted on 06/19/2002 6:57:33 PM PDT by SBeck
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Chances are it was a lost comms situation and the plane continued to its destination via assigned, vectored, expected or filed route.
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posted on
06/19/2002 6:57:33 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: SBeck
Whoever it was is going to have a long and unhappy night but should be glad that they didn't take one up the exhaust pipe.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:00:03 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Arkinsaw
Or exhaust stack even.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:03:59 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: SBeck
The White House was briefly evacuated Wednesday night
In a related story...
The unending parade of liberal do-gooder programs and the stripping of citizens of their constitutional rights was briefly halted on Wednesday night
Glad to know the Cessna is no longer a threat. How about the 8000 Central Americans who broke into the country today?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:04:53 PM PDT
by
Orion
To: Orion
Are you really Rush Limbaugh or Pat Buchanan?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:06:42 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
To: SBeck
Cessna. Could it be this one:
from
augusta.com
Authorities offer photo of stolen Cessna 172 </MCC HEAD>
Web posted Thursday, June 13, 2002 </MCC DATE>
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By Greg Rickabaugh </MCC BYLINE1> Staff Writer Richmond County Sheriff's Office investigators have released a photograph of a plane that was reported stolen from Daniel Field last weekend. Sheriff's Maj. Ken Autry said his agency is working to establish a reward for information on the whereabouts of the missing 1979 Cessna 172. The plane is a white, single-engine plane with orange and brown stripes. Its tail number is N6468E, and the serial number is 17272021. On Wednesday, police said it is likely that more than one person was involved in the theft, which could make it easier to get information. Investigators are searching regional airports that might have been the landing area for the plane.
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Investigators released this photo of a Cessna 172 plane stolen from Daniel Field last weekend. The aircraft is white with orange and brown stripes, and its tail number is N6468E. </MCC CAPTION> SPECIAL</MCC CREDIT> |
Airport officials have downplayed any link to a terrorist threat, saying the single-engine plane was probably hot-wired and flown out of the airport for a joy ride or because it is a popular model. The owner, Terry Florie, reported the plane stolen after he could not locate it in any of the airport hangars. Anyone with information about the missing plane is asked to call the sheriff's office at (706) 821-1080. Reach Greg Rickabaugh at (706) 828-3851 or greg.rickabaugh@augustachronicle.com. </MCC STORY> |
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:15:10 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: SBeck
Chances are it was a lost comms situation and the plane continued to its destination via assigned, vectored, expected or filed route. Last I checked, the only small craft allowed inside to 15nm radius from National were the aircraft based at College Park, Potomac, and Hyde fields. And they are all to file flight plans with Lynchburg and keep transponders on, broadcasting codes assigned by the Secret Service, whenever inside the said zone. Hyde was closed on May 17, because of security problems, Potomac is southeast of DC, and if he was comming from College Park, he should have flown around DC, not over it.
He should not have even been close to the capitol. My question is why he was not picked up when he crossed the 15nm line.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:15:30 PM PDT
by
jae471
one F-16 was scrambled and tracked the plane until it landed, How does an F-16 keep from falling out of the sky when following a Cessna?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:17:13 PM PDT
by
jae471
To: OldFriend
What would make you think I am either?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:18:48 PM PDT
by
Orion
To: jae471
The Cessna was probably running at just below Vno (about 120 knots). I think an F-16 can probably slow flight at that speed without stalling or having its altitude deteriorate. Any fast mover jockeys out there that can confirm this?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:21:42 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: Criminal Number 18F
Ping for ANN.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:23:41 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: SBeck; jae471
How does an F-16 keep from falling out of the sky when following a Cessna?He can fly circles around the Cessna. Literally!
To: jae471
Last I checked, the only small craft allowed inside to 15nm radius from National were the aircraft based at College Park, Potomac, and Hyde fields. Where's Hyde airport?
foreverfree
To: jae471
assigned broadcasting codes assigned by the Secret ServiceThe SS is now assigning transponder codes in the DC area? Since when did they join the FAA and did they go through OKC to get their CTO and facility rating?
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:34:58 PM PDT
by
SBeck
To: foreverfree
About a mile from Potomac. Hyde and Potomac have problems because they are so close.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:51:35 PM PDT
by
jae471
To: SBeck
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:54:57 PM PDT
by
jae471
To: Orion
"The unending parade of liberal do-gooder programs and the stripping of citizens of their constitutional rights was briefly halted on Wednesday night "LOL. Thanks, I needed that.
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posted on
06/19/2002 9:06:37 PM PDT
by
Kerberos
To: foreverfree
Where's Hyde airport?Hyden... ;0)
To: SpottedBeaver
The F-16 would have to execute the "Turns Around a Cessna" maneuver!
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posted on
06/19/2002 11:22:29 PM PDT
by
bootless
To: jae471
I would suspect he could stay at altitude and monitor on radar. The Cesna may not have actually flown directly over the White House. It may have just entered failsafe territory. Who knows. At any rate, the jet may not have had to close on the craft since it go directly over the White House or drop to dangerous levels. The guy may have been at 5,000 to 7,500 feet for all we know.
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