White House & Capitol Evacuated

[EagleRJ]

The aircraft was reportedly taken from a Pennsylvania flying club "without authorization".

Now there were evidently two people on board.

 

[TurboS7]

Parrots squawk, I guess airplanes should too.

 

[Toecutter]

This was probably something cooked up by Carl Rove. In the past, anytime there was some domestic problem, the threat level would go up. Since nobody goes for that anymore, they came up with this little ruse. Notice that the pilot sat in the front seat of the police car, it also looked like they took the cuffs off after he sat down. He probably works for the secret service. Now the news of United pension funds are on the back burner.

 

[SiuDude]

This was probably something cooked up by Carl Rove. In the past, anytime there was some domestic problem, the threat level would go up. Since nobody goes for that anymore, they came up with this little ruse. Notice that the pilot sat in the front seat of the police car, it also looked like they took the cuffs off after he sat down. He probably works for the secret service. Now the news of United pension funds are on the back burner.

Also notice how an EMP gun was NOT used on the aircraft.

 

[SiuDude]

i dont think its operational yet.

It will be turned on on May 21st.

 

[Brett Hull]

The terror alert level was raised to orange -- or high -- when the airspace incursion was first reported, and then raised to red -- severe -- when the pilot failed to respond to calls on his radio, McClellan said.

Our nation's capitol is about to be obliterated by a mighty 1200 pound C-150, but thank God we have someone with enough courage to stick around and raise the color levels.

We're so doomed.


CODE RED!!!!!!!!! DUCK AND COVER!!!!!!

 

[MagicRat]

I can't remember which channel I was watching when it was said, maybe MSNBC, but one reporter said the plane's "beacon transmitter was not squawking."

At that point, I decided to turn off the TV and read about it in the paper tomorrow.

 

[CaravanMan]

I posted this on another forum, but might as well post it here too...seems to fit the moment, lol:

Anybody ever watch the Simpsons? Ever see the episode where Sideshow Bob steals the Wright Flyer and tries to crash it into a building, but instead it bounces off? Why does this episode come to mind right now? Hmmm...lol.

 

[flyifrvfr]

The Fox News said earlier that the Cessna 152 was doing " 125 MPH which is a little over 2 miles a minute. The cessna was 3 miles from the white house which means there was little advanced warning."

Wow a 152 which does 125 MPH, I want one bad...

 

[Resume Writer]

But wait, my favorite scene was of the Senate or House(not sure which) were being told to evacuate, and the one guy (I guess the presiding officer) reaches around the curtain to retrieve his bag! This is the same guy that will try to grab his bag during an a/c evacuation! What a moron!!


Kathy

 

[SiuDude]

But wait, my favorite scene was of the Senate or House(not sure which) were being told to evacuate, and the one guy (I guess the presiding officer) reaches around the curtain to retrieve his bag! This is the same guy that will try to grab his bag during an a/c evacuation! What a moron!!


Kathy

What if the bag contained all his dirty secrets?

 

[Guitar Guy]

What if the bag contained all his dirty secrets?

Not possible. By the time you make it to that point in politics, it takes SEVERAL bags to hold all of the dirty secrets.

 

[cforst513]

this country is pathetic. what a bunch of weenies we've become! i'm surprised that we didn't send the prez down into his chamber 40 miles below the earth and nuke the entire country just in case....

 

[Corona]

Anybody ever watch the Simpsons? Ever see the episode where Sideshow Bob steals the Wright Flyer and tries to crash it into a building, but instead it bounces off? Why does this episode come to mind right now? Hmmm...lol.

HaHa, that was a classic; but so are most of Sideshow Bob's moments...

It occurred to me this is a good way for terrorists to flush out some soft targets from otherwise secure buildings. Do these people just run naked out into the street, or is there a secure outdoor location? I suspect I already know the answer...

C

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

the pair was id'd on cnn, a student pilot and a cfi, enroute to NC for an airshow

 

[Bryan D]

The plane was registered to a Pennsylvania club, made up of people who fly from an airport in Lancaster County. A former club member said the plane was scheduled to be flown Wednesday by Jim Sheaffer and student pilot Troy Martin, who were supposed to take it to an air show in Lumberton, N.C.



Martin's wife confirmed that the two men left late Wednesday morning for Lumberton. She said her husband was talking to her Tuesday night about the "no-fly zones" along the way -- and "how they were going to avoid them."
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I'm glad my name is'nt Jim Sheaffer, at least Troy can plead ignorance.

 

[YaMama]

glad my name is'nt Jim Sheaffer, at least Troy can plead ignorance.

I'm just glad neither of those names look familiar! The minute I saw the headline, memories of all my boneheaded students came flooding back...

 

[Hair-on-Fire]

What really sucks is that these people are so God awful stupid to allow a panic to start over a small plane. People have just gone WAY overboard with this cr@p.

Is your memory really that short?

 

[dabandermac]

the pair was id'd on cnn, a student pilot and a cfi, enroute to NC for an airshow

What happens to the CFI in a case like this?

 

[minitour]

Anybody ever watch the Simpsons? Ever see the episode where Sideshow Bob steals the Wright Flyer and tries to crash it into a building, but instead it bounces off? Why does this episode come to mind right now? Hmmm...lol.

every time I hear about a small plane and an "intercept" I think of that show.

That was classic when the intercept planes couldn't go slow enough. LMFAO Especially a 152...better to just get out and walk...