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Obama's Airspace In LA Violated As He Leaves California, Fighter Jets Intercept Small Plane
NBC Los Angeles ^ | May 11, 2012 | By Jason Kandel

Posted on 05/12/2012 6:23:24 AM PDT by KeyLargo

F-16 Jets Intercept Small Plane as Obama Leaves LA The plane was forced to land at El Monte Airport on Friday morning as Air Force One was leaving LAX

The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled the two jets that intercepted the Piper 28 aircraft over northeast Los Angeles at approximately 9:45 a.m. PDT, and followed it until it landed about five minutes later and was met by local law enforcement, NORAD said in a statement.

The Piper landed at the small airport in El Monte about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, local police Lt. Dan Burlingham said.

The pilot, who was flying alone, was detained by police until Secret Service Agents arrived, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: airspace; jets; obama; plane; presidentialsecurity; secretservice
Headline should read:

Obama's Airspace In LA Violated As He Leaves 'Looney Clooney' Party.


1 posted on 05/12/2012 6:23:40 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Tijeras_Slim; FireTrack; Pukin Dog; citabria; B Knotts; kilowhskey; cyphergirl; Wright is right!; ..
AVIATION PING
2 posted on 05/12/2012 6:26:07 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Well, it is HIS airspace you know.


3 posted on 05/12/2012 6:26:32 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: KeyLargo

Barry has violated my airspace for quite a number of years now, put this bastard to butt-sex disease-ridden paradise and get him away from me.


4 posted on 05/12/2012 6:29:37 AM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: eyedigress

Yeah, I guess we need a 24/7 complete air corridor shut down because of Barry’s round the clock air operations.


5 posted on 05/12/2012 6:50:28 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: KeyLargo

I say FART in his airspace...


6 posted on 05/12/2012 7:15:31 AM PDT by Errant
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To: KeyLargo

So the guy flying the Piper 28 was beaten to a pulp, raped by the homo SS agents and is now eating his meals through a straw! He won’t do THAT again! All is well.


7 posted on 05/12/2012 7:16:27 AM PDT by albie
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To: KeyLargo

News alert! Someone breathed in Barry’s precious air space. Special forces deployed.


8 posted on 05/12/2012 7:19:25 AM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: KeyLargo

I prefer to think of it as Obama violating the Piper’s airspace.


9 posted on 05/12/2012 7:24:55 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: KeyLargo

When Obama flies to LA to collect his millions from sleazy friends, what does it cost taxpayers?


10 posted on 05/12/2012 7:30:42 AM PDT by pallis
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To: KeyLargo

A Piper 28 can do about 140 mph airspeed at best. Hardly a threat except right at take off and landing.

How big is the restricted airspace around air force one?

A quick Google for bulletins and advisories on restricted airspace around air force one comes up empty.

c.w.


11 posted on 05/12/2012 8:17:47 AM PDT by colderwater
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To: KeyLargo
How would Alinsky get rid of BHO?

Food for thought.

12 posted on 05/12/2012 8:30:36 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: KeyLargo

What we really need here is a gaggle of geese who are willing to give their lives for this country. It seems that birds are hitting planes everywhere lately.


13 posted on 05/12/2012 8:43:01 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: colderwater
How big is the restricted airspace around air force one?

The whole Fng Country, don't you know. This prick flies so much that America is all his airspace. Pilots get dizzy trying to figure out where this dictator is.

14 posted on 05/12/2012 8:44:02 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: colderwater
It isn't a bubble created around Air Force one as much as it is a bubble created around the President.

I feel sorry for these pilots who get caught up in one of these roving restricted airspace deals. I don't think most people remember to check the NOTAMs every time they fly.

Even if the SS cuts the guy loose quickly, he is still going to have to deal with some tool from the FAA trying to take his license.

15 posted on 05/12/2012 8:45:57 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: colderwater

It’s a moving, 10 mile no-fly zone.


16 posted on 05/12/2012 8:48:49 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: colderwater

Don’t know anything about u as u do not have an about page
As a current licensed pilot you get T.F.R.’s regularly when obozo or Joe the drunk are going to be near by.
Same for when the Cape is going to shoot off something or maybe an airshow.


17 posted on 05/12/2012 10:53:21 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: colderwater

It is normally a 30 mile radius which 60 miles across. It sucks every time he comes to LA where I am. Here is a link for pilots to keep updated for TFR’s.
http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html

When it vacations in Hawaii for 2 weeks it shuts down all the sight seeing helicopters. Poor guys get screwed.


18 posted on 05/12/2012 11:42:43 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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