Oh groan!

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:

They are making a big budget movie with Shawn Penn about the guy who
tried to crash a Cessna into the White House during the Nixon years.

Are you sure of the aircraft type? A report on White House security lists
only
the landing of a stolen helicopter on the grounds by Robert Preston and
the
attempt by Samuel Byck to hijack an airliner and crash it into the White
House.
The latter incident would certainly make an excellent movie, even if they
didn't
hype it up. The only referral to a Cessna crash I can find is the one
during the
Clinton administration.



It is a completly fictionalized account of the Samuel Byck attempt. (if you
can call it an attempt.

Samuel Joseph Byck (1930 - February 22, 1974) was an unemployed tire
salesman who attempted to hijack a plane from Baltimore-Washington
International Airport on February 22, 1974. He intended to crash into the
White House in hopes of killing U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Byck shot
and killed one of the pilots on the DC-9 Delta Airlines Flight 523, wounded
another, then grabbed a nearby passenger and ordered her to "fly the plane".
He was shot and wounded through the cabin door by police during the attempt
and committed suicide; a gasoline bomb was found under his body.
Subsequently, it was discovered Byck had sent a tape recording detailing his
plan to news columnist Jack Anderson, and a review of records disclosed that
Byck had been arrested protesting in front of the White House, dressed in a
Santa suit, the previous December.

Byck had first come to the notice of the Secret Service in 1972, when he had
first threatened Nixon, whom he had resented ever since the Small Business
Administration had turned him down for a loan. Byck had also sent bizarre
tape recording to various other public figures including Jonas Salk, Abraham
Ribicoff, and Leonard Bernstein.

I just realized that I am mixing up the two incidents. When NPR said,
"crash a plane into the White House", I remembered the Cessna incident
and transferred it back to the Nixon years they were talking about.

--

Roger Long



"Gig Giacona" wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:

They are making a big budget movie with Shawn Penn about the guy
who
tried to crash a Cessna into the White House during the Nixon
years.

Are you sure of the aircraft type? A report on White House security
lists only
the landing of a stolen helicopter on the grounds by Robert Preston
and the
attempt by Samuel Byck to hijack an airliner and crash it into the
White House.
The latter incident would certainly make an excellent movie, even
if they didn't
hype it up. The only referral to a Cessna crash I can find is the
one during the
Clinton administration.



It is a completly fictionalized account of the Samuel Byck attempt.
(if you can call it an attempt.

Samuel Joseph Byck (1930 - February 22, 1974) was an unemployed tire
salesman who attempted to hijack a plane from Baltimore-Washington
International Airport on February 22, 1974. He intended to crash
into the White House in hopes of killing U.S. President Richard M.
Nixon. Byck shot and killed one of the pilots on the DC-9 Delta
Airlines Flight 523, wounded another, then grabbed a nearby
passenger and ordered her to "fly the plane". He was shot and
wounded through the cabin door by police during the attempt and
committed suicide; a gasoline bomb was found under his body.
Subsequently, it was discovered Byck had sent a tape recording
detailing his plan to news columnist Jack Anderson, and a review of
records disclosed that Byck had been arrested protesting in front of
the White House, dressed in a Santa suit, the previous December.

Byck had first come to the notice of the Secret Service in 1972,
when he had first threatened Nixon, whom he had resented ever since
the Small Business Administration had turned him down for a loan.
Byck had also sent bizarre tape recording to various other public
figures including Jonas Salk, Abraham Ribicoff, and Leonard
Bernstein.

Yup, I stand corrected as acknowledges above.

Oh the horror!, to go down in web history as the first person ever to
post a mistaken piece of information in a newsgroup. How will I ever
live this down?

--

Roger Long



"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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They are making a big budget movie with Shawn Penn about
the guy who tried to crash a Cessna into the White House
during the Nixon years. Just what GA needs. Hopefully,
they will show how it essentially bounced off the windows.

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Well, if we are going to critize something let's at least know what
we are
talking about. The movie was about Samuel Byck who tried to hijack
a
commercial airliner to crash into the White House. The Cessna
incident
happened to Bill Clinton.

http://www.rvv.com/peacemaker/Samuel_Byck.htm

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/ustrea.../t1pubrpt.html

And to make matters worse you misspelt SEAN.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Yup, I stand corrected as acknowledges above.

Oh the horror!, to go down in web history as the first person ever to post
a mistaken piece of information in a newsgroup. How will I ever live this
down?

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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SNIPShawn Penn SNIP

I thought Kris Kristofferson (sic) landed a helicopter on the White
House lawn back in the 60's?

"jsmith" wrote in message ...

I thought Kris Kristofferson (sic) landed a helicopter on the White
House lawn back in the 60's?


Or maybe it was Johnny Cash's lawn.

Accuracy, that's a pipe dream. I prefer to place my dreams on a horrible
accident during production that gives Penn his own "lifetime achievment
award.".

--

Scott

Liberals love America like OJ loved Nicole. - Ann Coulter
"Roger Long" wrote in message
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They are making a big budget movie with Shawn Penn about the guy who
tried to crash a Cessna into the White House during the Nixon years.
Just what GA needs. Hopefully, they will show how it essentially
bounced off the windows.

--

Roger Long