"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:
AP, 29 June 2005: "Police briefly ordered evacuation of the U.S. Capitol
and the White House and President Bush was moved from his residence to a
safer location Wednesday evening when a private plane ventured into
restricted airspace."

Wed Jun 29, 8:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A private plane strayed into restricted airspace
over Washington on Wednesday evening, prompting security agents to move
President Bush to a safer location and causing the evacuation of the U.S.
Capitol, officials said.

Spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush was in the White House residence and
was "temporarily relocated" without incident. The House and Senate, both
of which were in session, were also briefly evacuated.

It was the second time in less than two months that a security scare
involving a private plane prompted authorities to evacuate the Capitol
complex and take extraordinary security precautions at the White House.
Bush was not at the executive mansion during the May 11 incident.

Wednesday's incident ended within several minutes after the plane,
described as a Beechcraft King Air 300, was intercepted by military and
homeland security aircraft about eight miles from the capital.

The twin-engine turboprop was heading to Defiance, Ohio, from Wilmington,
Delaware, and was turning away from Washington when confronted, officials
said.

Aviation and homeland security officials said it appeared the wayward
aircraft strayed into restricted airspace around 6:30 p.m. EDT to avoid
bad weather. The plane was traveling at roughly 200 knots.


I believe a King Air 300 is type certified as a two pilot airplane (although
single-pilot waiver is available) and requires a type rating because of
maximum take-off weight. He was probably on an IFR flight plan to boot.
Somebody set me straight if I am wrong.

Allen