It was really close...

"Ted" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote in message ...
Officials Weighed Shooting at Errant Plane
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 37 minutes ago

Pentagon officials sought to play down the incident, saying the small
plane
was not seen as a serious threat and did not come close to being shot
down.

"The quantity of explosives that you can pack in a little Cessna is not
the
quantity of explosives you see placed in these big truck bombs," Jenkins
said. "In terms of explosives, it probably could not do that much
damage."


They could probably see the two adults sitting in that Cessna 150 as if
flew
merrily along into the restricted zone.
I haven't done a weight and balance calculation on a Cessna 150 in a
couple
of decades. How much cargo weight remains after putting two adults in the
front seats? is it 6 or 8 pounds?? That wouldn't allow for a very large
bomb. I can see why they decided that the plane wasn't much of a threat.


A 150 will fly hundreds of pounds overgross. I would guess 500 pounds over
gross is doable.