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Old 05-14-2005 | 10:42 AM
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From: B737 Captain
Default another reason for Age 60

Did you know that the Cessna 150 that created the scramble on Capitol Hill and the White House by flying within 3 NM of the White house, turns out the instructor pilot on board was over 60 years old and so feeble that his student had to take over! I kid you not.

"Sheaffer, 69, froze when a Black Hawk helicopter appeared near his right wing as he was flying toward the White House and had a hard time handling his small aircraft, officials told The Washington Post. Troy Martin, 36, who had logged only 30 hours of flight time, took over the controls and landed the plane at an airport in Frederick, Md., the paper reported Saturday. "
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