"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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According to this report, the order to shoot down the hapless little
Cessna 150 was only 15 to 20 seconds away from occurring, because the
policy relies on unreliable radio communications:

The policy does not rely on "unreliable radio communications". If the
policy were dependent on radio, then the Cessna 340 (?) that violated the
ADIZ a week later would not have survived since its radios were fried by
lightning. It essentially relies on air-to-air intercepts by government
aircraft which do not depend on radio comms.

Let's not forget these guys were WAY into restricted airspace by this point.
They'd had WAY more than enough time to realize, "Oh, there's Baltimore and
this big road beneath us is I-95 and, oh, that must be Washington up ahead."
The fact that one of two radio frequencies attempted was unusable does not
in any way convince me that was why they were "15-20 seconds away" from
being shot down.

What was the deal with the second frequency, anyway? I haven't seen any
mention of the actual frequency, but I'm confident it wasn't the same 121.5
they'd just heard the ELT on.

Listen. They *knew* they'd be dealing with the ADIZ. They should have
known what to do when a military aircraft comes alongside on a standard
intercept, yet they continued on essentially a beeline to downtown DC.
*They* were the ones in the wrong here. Not the government crews doing
everything but lasso the plane to get them to alter course.

There is little doubt that the Sheaffer made many mistakes, but that's
no excuse for our government's implementation of a flawed security
policy.

The "flawed policy" has been in place for years. Shaeffer knew it, screwed
it and is now trying to play "country bumpkin". It's insulting.

I do agree the ADIZ is nothing but a "Do Something" reaction of bureaucrats.

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