Plane Flies Over Bush* Motorcade

[kskiska]

Drudge reporting:

Low flying single engine plane flies directly over President Bushes motorcade in Philadelphia, before being intercepted and grounded by police. Security breach occurred at 12:07PM ET on Interstate 95 heading south toward Philadelphia. Bush had just finished a visit to the Financial Management Service Facility, which mails out tax rebate checks. Flying from right to left the white plane flew over the Presidents motorcade just north of exit 26, with a police chopper hot on it’s tail.


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[Flubadubya]

1. Amazing...

they didn't shoot it down!

[Braden]

2. no but they responded rather quickly....

[Flubadubya]

6. Yeah, too bad they weren't that quick...

to scramble right after the first tower was hit on 9/11. But, of course, Chimpmeat wasn't in one.

Wonder how fast they would have scrambled if a wayward airliner veered toward the little elementary school he was at?

[Braden]

17. indeed

4 airliners reverse course and attack targets, NORAD not concerned. A Cessna veers off course, Scramble the intercepts!

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Here's a link

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/6375693.htm

Posted on Thu, Jul. 24, 2003

Fighter jets scrambled after pilot enters Phila. no-fly zone
By Sam Wood
Inquirer Staff Writer

BERLIN, N.J. - A pilot ventured into a 30-mile no-fly zone as President Bush was visiting Philadelphia around noon, authorities said.

Four F-16 fighters were scrambled and forced the Cessna four-seater to land at the Camden County Airport in Berlin, New Jersey.

Awaiting him were 30 police officers, all with guns drawn. The man got out of the plane and was told to lay on the runway tarmac. Officers carted him off in handcuffs to the Winslow Police station, witnesses said.

[leesa]

33. This guy has an e-mail address link.

I suggest sending him a little note asking why no fighter jets scrambled for an hour and a half on 9-11 and why the Bush administration has actively blocked and underfunded an investigation into 9-11. Who ordered the stand down??

Maybe, just maybe, he's a real journalist.

[karlschneider]

4. Poor guy probably doing a little sightseeing and didn't check NOTAMS

and half the time they aren't right anyway...the way asshole Bunnypants flits around the country it's hard to keep up. :grr:

[yella_dawg]

24. HEY! Watch that "flits around" stuff.

Monkey boy gotta have a shitload of campaign contributions to use massive spending as a cover for electronic voting fraud next year. Cut the filthy, evil, insane retard some slack, huh? He got work to do.

yella

[robbedvoter]

5. Shades of the post 9.11 "They were after me" fabrications

How dare someone be higher than the emperor? He has tha darnes tallest chair of all!

[oneighty]

7. Major breach of

presidential security. Heads will roll. Mean people will get ideas.

180

[LiberalLibra]

8. They had no trouble intercepting this plane just the 9/11 planes...

....now isn't that a crock. Where are all those "evil doers" when we need them anyway??

[indictrichardperle]

10. very strange, norad didnt do that on 911

if you ever look at the time line, planes were grounded and not put in the air. General Myers has had some contradictory statements on the matter that dont make sense at all.

[lightbulb]

23. NORAD 9/11 Timeline

This take may be a bit hyped, but interesting reading for what it's worth:

http://www.standdown.net/

[LiberalLibra]

27. Thank you for the link, I hadn't seen this particular site before

Thanks again.

[LiberalLibra]

26. indictrichardperle:Yes I've seen the timeline and of course our......

....questions are being ignored. Why? Because boy king is up to his chin in this crap, he knows it, and it would make Waterdate look like a Sunday School exercise.

[bandy]

9. wonder if they had to

change *'s diaper!

[runamokcomedy]

11. someones gonna get fired

Probably a brother

[Fleshdancer]

15. hmmm...

if someone is full of shit, would you really know when their diaper needed to be changed? I shall ponder this :shrug:

[GalleryGod]

12. No GOPer sense of humor!? A "Warm Philly" Welcome

:toast: Us "Iggles" Fans could've bombed the motorcade with :toast: ,ya' know?

It's Shrimpies 20th visit to Pa.-he'll still lose it!:nopity:

[RobinA]

13. Damn, Damn, DAMN

I was rolling up 676 right at the time Bush went by on 95. I would have loved to see some F-16s go by. I didn't see a thing.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Please don't let someone turn this idiot into a martyr

Someone had better lose their job over this kind of crap. How in the hell can something like this happen? I can't believe this.

Don

[karlschneider]

16. Huh? Which idiot? How can -what- happen? See post #4

:eyes:

[demdave]

18. You don't have to be a genius to be a pilot.

This guy just went the wrong way at the wrong time. Nothing more or less. I am sure people break flight zone rules every day.

[Ernesto]

20. You got that right

Witness the chimp as an air force pilot before he deserted.

[Eat_The_Rich]

19. TFR and NOTAM Issues

Whenever the Prez travels, the FAA issues a TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction). Ever since 9-11, the size of the TFR has increased to 30 nautical miles. In this particular instance there were two TFRs issued for Philly that overlaped, cutting an 80 nm swath through busy East Coast air space. Sometimes these TFRs are issued with only 12 hours notice, making it hard for pilots who file flight plans the night before, to get current NOTAMS (Notices To Airmen). According to the FAA, that really does not excuse the pilot in command from responsibility. The AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) has been lobbying Congress hard since 9-11 over these restrictions. Believe it or not, there are lobby groups in Washington that are there in the public interest. AOPA is one of them. In any event, go to http://www.aopa.org for more information.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi Eat_The_Rich!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[karlschneider]

30. EAA is pretty actively involved too...my friend Tom trying to help

welcome to DU
KS/comm/asmel/inst/cfi/L18/L24/A&P
and so forth.
;-)

[hippiechick]

21. And the SS was geeked out over a guy with a flag in Indy ....

Given as many parts of the world - internal and external - as the BFEE has pissed off, I think it's safe to say this isn't the last time he'll have to deal with an, uh, up-close and creative protestor.

:eyes:


:hippie:

[unfrigginreal]

22. Damn shame that it was built so well n/t

[Pepperbelly]

28. Did bonehead grab Pickles to shield him from a possible explosion?

Like the Martin Sheen character in the Dead Zone ...

:smoke:

on edit! damn it is cool to be able to edit a STOOPID typo from a post title.

[aquart]

29. Hope George had a change of underwear.

Courage under fire not being his thing.

[mumon]

31. Just once. JUST ONCE.

I'd like a pigeon to shit on a motorcade...uh oh!

I just realized....

Pigeons can be trained...

[Zero Gravitas]

32. Just Some Guy

doing his job (inspecting a pipleline) and came too close to the Imperial Presence and paid the price. Just another day in post 12/12/2000 America.