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There was no instructor in the Cessna 150 that was forced to land in 
Frederick.

Bob Gardner

<poboxdc@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message 
news:4293F8BB.2AB4F203@ix.netcom.com...
> About six weeks ago I moved from Silver Spring, Md. to Gaithersburg,
> Maryland. There were several reason why I had to move, mainly the
> closing of an estate. I was kind of glad to get away from the
> excitement and insanity of the DC Beltway that was literally
> about 1200 feet from my front door! And my neighborhood was
> getting loud ... the people and the loud mufflers on the small
> Hondas that were constantly speeding by.
>
> In Gaithersburg things are much more peaceful. Not much noise
> or excitement. I'm just situated on a very quiet street
> with hardly any traffic. Good, right? Kind of. Until Sunday
> evening.
>
> As I was upstairs I heard the roar of a plane. A loud plane.
> A plane that was passing overhead very, very fast! Then I
> could hear another loud plane. Ahh, now I knew what it was.
> The Blue Angels were probably showing off because they were
> leaving the air show from Andrews Air Force Base. Wait ... no,
> that was yesterday! What the hell?
>
> I knew something was going on and I really didn't want to know.
> I wondered if another small plane had strayed into restricted
> airspace near the Mall. About an hour later I turned on CNN
> and there it was! Cameras live in Gaithersburg! Police
> escorting four people away from a small plane -- sitting on
> the runway at Montgomery Airpark. It happened again!
>
> And now they want to open up National Airport for Commercial
> and corporate flights ... but there must be a sky marshal
> on every flight. Will this help things?
>
> Here are a few questions ... and I know there's no (cut & dry)
> correct answer, just opinions:
>
> 1) Were any of these planes (in the past two weeks) close enough
> to be considered dangerous enough to shoot down?
>
> 2) Should the instructor of the 1st incident lose his license
> forever?
>
> 3) If one of these planes were shot down, in the past two weeks,
> would the Democrats go crazy and accuse Bush of being a maniac?
>
> KM