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NORAD Intercepts Plane Near Camp David
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| Saturday - 9/3/2011
Posted on 09/03/2011 6:47:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A fighter jet has intercepted a small civilian airplane in restricted airspace near the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md., and escorted it to at an airport in West Virginia.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command says the Piper plane was out of radio communication when it was intercepted by an F-15E fighter at about 4:45 p.m. It was diverted to the airport in Martinsburg.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: campdavid
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To: nickcarraway
Can (or, how does) an F-15 fly as slowly as a piper?
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:49:37 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: nickcarraway
Upon inspection they found wadded up balls of paper and are charging the pilot with weapons of unrecycled waste!
/s/
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:50:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: nickcarraway
Yeah but the Piper sure scared the Hell out of our Kenyan JU JU Man.\s
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:50:47 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: coloradan
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:51:44 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: GeronL
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:55:27 PM PDT
by
Segovia
To: nickcarraway
Is this the same Piper that was mistaken for “bad weather” yesterday?
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:55:43 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(The solution to fix Congress: Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!)
To: coloradan
Gear down all spoilers out high angle of attack
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:56:37 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
To: nickcarraway
President Barack Obama was at Camp David at the time. He had traveled there by motorcade after switching from his Marine One helicopter because of bad weather. It's been an eventful weekend with planes for Obummer. Although I still do not believe that "bad weather" story. Presidents have traveled to Camp David via the chopper for years, all seasons. Never remember hearing any time there was an emergency landing at a nearby airpot and transfer to a motorcade. Something just does not sound right.
That being said, now this plane. I can't imagine anyone being dumb enough to fly in the restricted airspace on purpose. But, maybe the natives are getting restless and not thinking about how quickly they will be met by a huge AF jet alongside. That's sure gotta make a pilot panic real quick!
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posted on
09/03/2011 6:59:19 PM PDT
by
CitizenM
(Obama's legacy will be to be remembered as The architect of American Decline)
To: Segovia
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:02:30 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: coloradan
Can (or, how does) an F-15 fly as slowly as a piper?S Turns I would imagine. The Shuttle used the same method as it descended.
To: nickcarraway
How fast until they blame the Tea Party or Sarah Palin?
To: al baby
That’s really dirty! LOL!
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:08:46 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: coloradan
Depends on what type of piper.
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:10:04 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
To: Bryanw92
Is this the same Piper that was mistaken for “bad weather” yesterday? Can't be. According to the story, the plane was intercepted at 4:45 PM. They don't give the time that Marine One was forced to land , but the story that ABC posted was at 4:16 PM. That was well after Carneys news conference on the matter. So, the Marine One incident must have been at least an hour before the Piper incident.
To: nickcarraway
Personally.. if I made a mistake (somehow), I would prolly crap my pants it I had a couple of 15s or 16s fly up next to me :p
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:13:43 PM PDT
by
Bikkuri
To: coloradan
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:14:05 PM PDT
by
Bikkuri
To: TheCipher
You must not know of the time compression therory
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:16:05 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
To: al baby
Waiting for Carney to release that one :-)
To: CitizenM
It's been an eventful weekend with planes for Obummer. Although I still do not believe that "bad weather" story. Presidents have traveled to Camp David via the chopper for years, all seasons. Never remember hearing any time there was an emergency landing at a nearby airpot and transfer to a motorcade. Something just does not sound right. Not unusual, at least in the past. I'm from the area, and if Camp David is socked in with fog it used to be routine to re-route.
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posted on
09/03/2011 7:32:47 PM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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