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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
This question was brought up in another group and never answered.
Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft carrier group in the distance. Is there an airspace classification around it? What's to keep you from buzzing it at 1,000 feet (other than a couple of Phalanx shooting at you :- ) -- Dallas |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
"Dallas" wrote in message ... This question was brought up in another group and never answered. Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft carrier group in the distance. Is there an airspace classification around it? What's to keep you from buzzing it at 1,000 feet (other than a couple of Phalanx shooting at you :- ) You will be called and warned off of the radio, if that does not get it, you will be intercepted, if that doesn't get it, you will be filled with hot lead, or tungsten, or whatever stuff they make hot these days. I still think declaring an emergency and landing on a carrier would be worth the hassle. Maybe! g -- Jim in NC |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
On Jul 18, 2:13*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
"Dallas" wrote in message ... This question was brought up in another group and never answered. Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft carrier group in the distance. *Is there an airspace classification around it? *What's to keep you from buzzing it at 1,000 feet (other than a couple of Phalanx shooting at you :- ) *You will be called and warned off of the radio, if that does not get it, you will be intercepted, if that doesn't get it, you will be filled with hot lead, or tungsten, or whatever stuff they make hot these days. I still think declaring an emergency and landing on a carrier would be worth the hassle. *Maybe! g -- Jim in NC That pretty much happened off 'Nam, didn't it, on the Midway? Guy was bringing his family out during the evacuation of Saigon. Remember the pictures of 'copters being pushed over the side? That was to make room so the little bird dog of an airplane could land. He landed safely, btw, |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:13:15 -0400, Morgans wrote:
You will be called and warned off of the radio Yeah, but on what frequency? Chances are they have no idea what frequency you're on. My guess is that an aircraft carrier is considered a towered airport... but how would you know their frequency to make contact? Maybe it's a portable MOA or restricted airspace. I've never seen anything in the FARs. Maybe it's "nothing"... after all just a few months ago a pair of Russian TU-95 Bear bombers overflew the USS Nimitz. One of them flew directly over the Nimitz at 2000 feet and no one shot them down. http://www.nationalterroralert.com/u...-fighter-jets/ I still think declaring an emergency and landing on a carrier would be worth the hassle. Maybe! g Just don't catch the wire with the nose strut... you'd look funny upside down... :- ) -- Dallas |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
Dallas wrote:
On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:13:15 -0400, Morgans wrote: You will be called and warned off of the radio Yeah, but on what frequency? Chances are they have no idea what frequency you're on. 121.5 My guess is that an aircraft carrier is considered a towered airport... but how would you know their frequency to make contact? Maybe it's a portable MOA or restricted airspace. I've never seen anything in the FARs. Here's the problem you are looking at from a legal standpoint and wanting to add a legal tag to it. They aren't. They would be looking at you as a threat. Maybe it's "nothing"... after all just a few months ago a pair of Russian TU-95 Bear bombers overflew the USS Nimitz. One of them flew directly over the Nimitz at 2000 feet and no one shot them down. And just how many weapons do you think were tracking that Bear the whole time? |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
Dallas schrieb:
Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft How far off? International airspace? #m |
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On Jul 18, 1:47*pm, Martin Hotze wrote:
Dallas schrieb: Assume you are flying off the coast of Hawaii and can see an aircraft How far off? International airspace? #m The USN has said before that it considers aircraft approaching within 10 miles of the career valid targets for attack. However, that's in a combat zone, probably not much would happen while steaming out of Pearl. The Navy has shot down at least one airliner who got too close to a task group in the middle east. It was the subject of an investigation, not sure what happened with that though. The plane was also on the wrong transponder code. -Robert |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
The Navy has shot down at least one airliner who got too close to a task group in the middle east. It was the subject of an investigation, not sure what happened with that though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vincennes_%28CG-49%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 The plane was also on the wrong transponder code. But not this. The aircraft was using the right code. The sailors aboard the Vincennes just didn't bother to check the civilian flight schedules. TheSmokingGnu |
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Aircraft Carrier and airspace?
Gig 601Xl Builder writes:
Here's the problem you are looking at from a legal standpoint and wanting to add a legal tag to it. They aren't. They would be looking at you as a threat. CARRIER DESTROYS DEADLY CESSNA IN MILITARY-FAMILY CONFLICT Yes, that makes a really good headline. And just how many weapons do you think were tracking that Bear the whole time? Tracking is routine, shooting is not. |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:22:32 GMT, TheSmokingGnu wrote:
But not this. The aircraft was using the right code. The sailors aboard the Vincennes just didn't bother to check the civilian flight schedules. Yeah... that was pretty ugly on our part... lots of floating dead Iranian civilians in the water. They haven't gotten over it yet. Pretty much the same thing as the Russians shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983. -- Dallas |
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