It was really close...

On Fri, 13 May 2005 01:39:05 -0400, "John Gaquin"
wrote:


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

Officials Weighed Shooting at Errant Plane
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 37 minutes ago

As a wayward Cessna

What really amazes me is that there will apparently be no certificate action
taken against these two nimrods. Not only did they barge right into

Nimrods? You are calling them "mighty hunters" or referring to the
descendents of a mighty hunter. (Webster's New Collegiate) With their
navigational abilities and situational awareness, I doubt they'd find
the woods, let alone the game. :-))

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

probably the best known restricted/prohibited airspace in the world, but,
according to one of the scrambled F16 pilots, they continued on this errant
course for several minutes while the interceptors were crossing paths and
ejecting flares. What in God's name did they think was going on? Just how
stupid do you have to be?

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
[snip]
As a wayward Cessna flew deep in restricted airspace, national security
officials were on the phone discussing whether to implement the last line
of defense: shooting it down.


So, where do "the other" bullets go? You know, the ones that miss their
target?


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Jay Honeck" wrote)
[snip]
As a wayward Cessna flew deep in restricted airspace, national security
officials were on the phone discussing whether to implement the last
line
of defense: shooting it down.


So, where do "the other" bullets go? You know, the ones that miss their
target?


Collateral damage.

"EastWing" wrote in message
t...
Collateral damage.

And considering the liberal cesspool that is DC, it would be ACCEPTABLE
collateral damages...

Hmm, not to mention a 300lb engine and two (about)170lb bodies.
Don't want to have them coming through my roof.

-Kees

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews. and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a
trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a
Protestant.

Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

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Now they are willing to kill people who get lost and cross invisible
lines in the sky so that the powerful and the politically connected can
feel safe... Will they next start shooting our children because they
ride their bikes across an invisible line on the ground?

The Patriot Act, is not...

denny

Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

************************************************** *****************************
Now they are willing to kill people who get lost and cross invisible
lines in the sky so that the powerful and the politically connected can
feel safe... Will they next start shooting our children because they
ride their bikes across an invisible line on the ground?

Denny, normally I'm right with you and your thoughts -- but this is an
absurd comparison.

We have restricted areas over our seat of government for very clear and
well-defined reasons, and every certificated pilot knows it. To compare
this situation to what the Nazis did is to trivialize the death of millions.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
We have restricted areas over our seat of government for very clear and
well-defined reasons, snip
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No we don't.




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Jay,

We have restricted areas over our seat of government for very clear and
well-defined reasons,


And what would those be?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

We have restricted areas over our seat of government for very clear and
well-defined reasons, and every certificated pilot knows it.

No, these reasons are neither good, nor clear, nor well defined.

Jose
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