Posted on 08/28/2009 4:20:14 AM PDT by prisoner6
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania - A small airplane that flew into restricted air space and caused the evacuation of the White House four years ago has been involved in a similar incident.
Federal officials say the 1970 Cessna 150 entered the no-fly zone Tuesday and was escorted down by two Coast Guard helicopters, according to the Lancaster New Era. The pilot's name wasn't released.
The plane is owned by the Vintage Aero Club, a group based at the Smoketown Airport near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
A club spokesman says the pilot got confused. He was in restricted air space, but not within an inner 15-mile (24-kilometre) prohibited zone.
The spokesman says the plane was the same one another student flew to within three miles (4.8 kilometres) of the White House in 2005, forcing thousands to flee government buildings and military jets to scramble. That pilot's license was revoked.
prisoner6
Were both pilots females with a moustache and both going by the name MohamaDiane? Probably just a coincidence. ;-)
Looks like someone needs to fire a rocket at that school’s CFI.
Maybe they need to think about having their student pilots fly WEST! Ya think, Lancaster?
It’s about 80+ miles from Lancaster, PA to D.C. and you have to fly over Baltimore to get there. Not a very observant pilot.
Ban Cessna 150s.
Oh, yeah, the one with the special sensors and other spy gear.
The school can’t be very discriminating... two times!!?? Those students have got to be bat sh** crazy... or a fundamentalist Muslim... same thing.
If Cessna 150s are outlawed, only outlaws will have Cessna 150s.
They can have my Cessna 150 when they pry it from my cold, dead hangar.
I feel like instigating: So why do we have restricted airspace over D.C. again?
If at first you don’t succede, try, try, again!
One of the main things noobie pilots do is not double check the fuel or make a REAL walk around. They also tend to get distracted/disoriented.
prisoner6
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