It was really close...

Jay Honeck wrote:
3. Light aircraft are a possible means of delivering a weapon of some
kind.

So are every car, van, SUV and truck driving around in DC. And most of
them can carry a lot more explosive payload than the overwhelming majority
of GA aircraft.


This argument sounds amazingly like the Army/Navy brass, back in the 1920s,
when they were trying to pooh-pooh Billy Mitchell's theory that an aircraft
could sink battleships, which, at the time, were thought to be impregnable
from the air.

Obviously, history teaches us that aircraft turned out to be the ultimate
battlefield weapons, and control of the air is now considered essential to
any battle.

Bottom line: It's relatively easy to secure land targets from Ryder trucks,
but it's very difficult to secure them from a Cherokee Six filled with
anthrax and C-4.

THAT is why we have an ADIZ over D.C., and anyone who argues otherwise is
only fooling themselves.
Jay, Jay, Jay, I love you, but... What good does the ADIZ do? Don't you
think a terrorist knows how to file a flight plan?