[Scan-DC] Small Plane Gets F-16 Escort To Gaithersburg

[b_thom@juno.com]

http://wjz.com/localstories/StoryFolder/story_549007086_html

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Sep 5, 2002 1:18 pm US/Eastern
Police say a small plane flew into secure Maryland airspace near the
nation's capitol [sic. If they mean the building, it should be
capitalized. If they mean DC, it should be spelled "capital."] late this
morning prompting two F-16 fighter jets to scramble and escort it to an
emergency landing in Gaithersburg. Secret Service agents are questioning
the pilot of the Cessna plane. A manager at the Montgomery County Air
Park says a student pilot (quote) "skirted the very edge" of the
restricted zone. A small private plane entered a no-fly zone Tuesday just
after taking off from Gaithersburg. A pair of F-16's were also sent to
escort that plane.
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Gaithersburg is becoming quite the hotbed of terrorism. I propose William
D. Rossiter III not turn his scanner off ever, even in class.