White House & Capitol Evacuated

[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...

 

[BlueLight]

I spose it never would have occurred to pilot(s) to do a 180 away from ADIZ once they went norad? "Gosh, it sure is awful quiet on this here radio-- haven't heard a radio call for last 17 minutes --- ATC must be on their lunch break" hmmmmmm.

I just heard on FOX no charges will be pressed but lets hope some tickets are at least revoked.

 

[Lead Sled]

Was it Mini?

Rumor has it that it was just Mini giving some dual.

'Sled

 

[Pugh]

While we may all joke at the fact that a Cessna 152 will not obliterate the government, it is entirely possible for it to have explosives or chemical weapons onboard. That may sound like a stretch, but so did flying airliners into tall buildings a few years ago. I don't really think we can be too careful, but I hope someone in law enforcement has learned a few lessons from this non-event.

 

[flyifrvfr]

Parrots squawk, I guess airplanes should too.

This is where the term squawk came from. In earlier wars, the code word for IFF was squawk your parrot.

 

[flyifrvfr]

While we may all joke at the fact that a Cessna 152 will not obliterate the government, it is entirely possible for it to have explosives or chemical weapons onboard. That may sound like a stretch, but so did flying airliners into tall buildings a few years ago. I don't really think we can be too careful, but I hope someone in law enforcement has learned a few lessons from this non-event.

What is there to learn. You can't just shoot down a plane because it is in prohibited airspace. Think of the nightmare shooting down an airplane whose pilot is only a student who makes a navigation error. The chance of a terrorist using a small plane for harm is darn near out of the question because they can't cause the damage the terrorist would like to cause even with explosives. The kid in Tampa proved that they can't enter a building even though he tried. You can put explosives in a truck ala Tim McVeigh and do more damage. If anyone learned anything from this event it is how to make a large crowd of people, thousands of people run into the streets. A suicide bomber can walk up and detonate himself and take out hundreds at a time.

I thought about that earlier as I spoke to a friend on the phone and told him that if terrorist are watching, they probably are salivating over how many people are in the streets and the government will be the blame for over reacting.