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Old 08-06-2011, 08:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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You go, girl!!

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Myrtle Rose was just taking a short flight over suburban Chicago when the 75-year-old aviation enthusiast looked out her cockpit window to see two F-16 fighter jets.

F-16s intercept pilot, 75, in wood-and-fabric plane - US news - msnbc.com
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Old 08-06-2011, 09:05 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Her left turn signal blinker was also on.
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Old 08-06-2011, 09:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Anyone else happen to notice that the Cub's registration is N-GILF ?
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Old 08-06-2011, 09:52 AM   #4 (permalink)
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ridiculous if they take action against her
rules are rules, but come on.. **** happens.. she's an old lady, let her enjoy flying for the few years she still can fly
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There's really no excuse for not knowing," said Lt. Col. Mike Humphreys, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which scrambled the two warplanes, a proposition that costs $9,000 an hour for each jet. "Anyone who flies an aircraft should know the restrictions."
The elephant in the room here is: Where were these guys on 9-11?

Remember the golfer Payne Stewart? In 1999, NORAD was on his plane like white on rice.
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Old 08-06-2011, 01:03 PM   #6 (permalink)
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The elephant in the room here is: Where were these guys on 9-11?

Remember the golfer Payne Stewart? In 1999, NORAD was on his plane like white on rice.
They had hours in the Payne Stuart case, and they were there to help not shoot him down.

Two F-15's almost got to the second plane which hit the towers. If they had been F-22's (faster) they might have even made it. But it would have been a moot a point anyway because NOBODY had authority to shoot down an airliner on 9/11.

The air force doesn't lie intercepting cessnas either...not their idea.
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I feel threatened by this women. OMG my security! My safety! Thank god for folks like Lt-Col hard a$$ at NORAD for keeping me safe from a granny in a J-3 Cub. What the hell is he doing speaking to the press anyway?
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Old 08-06-2011, 01:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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The elephant in the room here is: Where were these guys on 9-11?

Remember the golfer Payne Stewart? In 1999, NORAD was on his plane like white on rice.
Enroute.

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I fell threatened by this women. OMG my security! My safety!
Who said anything about YOUR safety?

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Enroute.

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The elephant in the room here is: Where were these guys on 9-11?

Remember the golfer Payne Stewart? In 1999, NORAD was on his plane like white on rice.
You people.
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