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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:05 PM Original message |
2 Fighter Jets Are Pursuing a Stolen Plane Headed for Salem, Mo. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought it had already been landed |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:08 PM Original message |
same one |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. he landed on highway 60 in Missouri and took off on foot |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I know that area .... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. you would think they could catch a guy on foot on a highway |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. woooah... I find that sort of amusing to think about.. |
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ardvark (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. not to condone crime or anything |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. It landed and the suicidal pilot is on the run right now. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. would he have landed if he was suicidal? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I think he wimped out. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. i don't think we call aborting a suicidal action "wimping out" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Well, in the context of his alleged mission, he wimped out. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. And what was that mission, exactly? I've seen no references to it (nt) |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. His "mission" was plainly articulated in the suicide note he left in his car. |
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aviationpm (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. I hope you're not one of those people... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Look, follow the frigging story, why don't you? In context the term is entirely APPROPRIATE. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Canadian officials have received some information that the pilot is "not a happy individual" |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. At first I thought it might be a Payne Stewart situation. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. He was apparently reacting to the intercepting a/c, looking at them, then looking away. |
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markbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hurm.... |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Everything I see and hear about these Canadians makes me wanna puke! |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Now why would you post a thing like that? n/t |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. On the rare occasion I see Canadians running amok, |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:31 PM Original message |
Yeah! |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Yeah! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Blame Canada! Blame Canada! |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Authorities: Pilot of stolen plane lands, now on run |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did our national airspace defense system just stop working from 2001-2008? |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yeah...amazing isn't it?! n/t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Honestly I think it was intentional that day and for the |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. That has been my thought ever since Sept 11, 2001 |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. NORAD was set up to intercept unidentified planes |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Not NORAD but TAC who as the mission of air defense |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. You might think so |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Not even Payne Stewart's jet? |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Payne Stewart undermines your case |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 06:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. We have always been good at intercepting airplanes approaching US airspace |
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Aqaba (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Canadian Bacon 2.0 here we come! |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. GOD BLESS BUD BOOMER! |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. HE GOT AWAY??? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. i like how we can catch an airplane using an F-16 but can't catch a guy on foot on a flat highway |
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Aqaba (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It's OK. We've got wild boars and bigfeets on standby in those parts... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. He'll bribe bigfoot with a strawberry Kit Kat bar and some Ketchup Chips. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. He's in custody. He was born in Turkey....how coincidental. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. F-16s get shitty highway mileage. |
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debunkthelies (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. ho ho hee hee ha ha ho ho hee hee haa... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Sky Patrol! (Sky King?) what was it called? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Out of the blue of the Western SKY...comes SKY KING!!! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. A "not happy" person, running loose in Missouri |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. Dupe, sorry |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. How will we recognize him? |
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Aqaba (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I'm gonna guess he will stand out quite a bit from those Ozarkers... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. The pilot was born in Turkey--his name is Yavez Burke, formerly known as |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think the USAF needs to maintain a couple of wings of A-1 Skyraiders or something |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. $500K for a full fighter escort was high but |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. INVASION USA!! Canuks run amok with Cessnas |
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Trocadero (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Blame Canada! |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. A Cessna 172 has that kind of range? |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. The Cessna 172 has a range of 710 miles (sm) according to the books. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 03:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. A 172's total capacity is 52 gallons, 26 in each wing tank. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. And this is why we NEED the F22. |
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