[Scan-DC] Presumed FBI plane up, Falls Church area

[Doug K.]

Aah... thanks - I must've missed previous references to it...

DK

>From: "Albert LaFrance" <lafrance at att.net>
>To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Presumed FBI plane up, Falls Church area
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:41:22 -0500
>
>I've never been able to correlate the plane's appearance with any other
>events, nor discern any pattern to its operations other than generally
>flying in wide circles, often for hours at a time, around a more-or-less
>fixed point.  Of course, as a lone, occasional observer at a single
>location, I have a very limited perspective.
>
>I've seen the plane several times a year for many years, beginning well
>before 9/11.  In fact, I think I've seen it *less* frequently since the
>attacks, as though it had been re-deployed to a more urgent mission.
>
>I recall an article long ago (maybe 10-15 years, or more) in a local paper
>(The Fairfax Journal?) about residents in Fairfax City being curious about
>similar aircraft activities over their neighborhood.  Calls to local
>airports and the FAA yielded replies along the lines of "We know about it
>but can't say anything more".  It wasn't until I joined this list that I
>learned the flights are thought to be FBI operations.
>
>Albert
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug K." <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
>To: <lafrance at att.net>; <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:49 PM
>Subject: RE: [Scan-DC] Presumed FBI plane up, Falls Church area
>
>
> > FBI?  What's goin' on?
> >
> > Doug in Gaithersburg
>
>
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