blzrul Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Uh I thought we had safety measures in place to monitor aircraft and take appropriate action if they got too close? I hope everyone's ok, but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 What did you want them to do? Shoot it down so it landed on 52nd street instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungee Jumper Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Uh I thought we had safety measures in place to monitor aircraft and take appropriate action if they got too close? 801989[/snapback] In DC. Airspace isn't that closely monitored for small aircraft everywhere else. If some bozo decides to turn his transponder to the wrong frequency, shut down his radio, and go traipsing across controlled airspace, there's damn little anyone can do about it. Air traffic control radars aren't designed to get returns off skin paints, even from large aircraft. It was, is, and will always be very easy to sneak a small plane into the controlled airspace of your average American airport (which I believe most of the airspace above Manhattan is). As it is, they're lucky it was just a condo that blundered in front of the pilot, and not a Boeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungee Jumper Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 What did you want them to do?Shoot it down so it landed on 52nd street instead? 802016[/snapback] No, you fly up along next to them and look in the windows, and if they're wearing Czech uniforms you request that they land at the nearest airfield... [/Gary Hart] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeseburger in Paradise Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 In DC. Airspace isn't that closely monitored for small aircraft everywhere else. If some bozo decides to turn his transponder to the wrong frequency, shut down his radio, and go traipsing across controlled airspace, there's damn little anyone can do about it. Air traffic control radars aren't designed to get returns off skin paints, even from large aircraft. It was, is, and will always be very easy to sneak a small plane into the controlled airspace of your average American airport (which I believe most of the airspace above Manhattan is). As it is, they're lucky it was just a condo that blundered in front of the pilot, and not a Boeing. 802021[/snapback] The style of the post speaks volumes.......so good to see you DC MonkeyTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 In DC. Airspace isn't that closely monitored for small aircraft everywhere else. If some bozo decides to turn his transponder to the wrong frequency, shut down his radio, and go traipsing across controlled airspace, there's damn little anyone can do about it. Air traffic control radars aren't designed to get returns off skin paints, even from large aircraft. It was, is, and will always be very easy to sneak a small plane into the controlled airspace of your average American airport (which I believe most of the airspace above Manhattan is). As it is, they're lucky it was just a condo that blundered in front of the pilot, and not a Boeing. 802021[/snapback] I'm surprised the Dems haven't made this an issue. "They're weak on homeland security - someone could fly a crop duster with anthrax over Neuva York and kill us all!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 The style of the post speaks volumes.......so good to see you DC MonkeyTom 802027[/snapback] Yeah....but now people are going to call him BJ. Bet he didn't think of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yeah....but now people are going to call him BJ. Bet he didn't think of that. 802029[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yeah....but now people are going to call him BJ. Bet he didn't think of that. 802029[/snapback] I bet he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Was Thailog's ghost a pilot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 It was Cory Lidle. RIP Cory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Yes it was.... Law enforcement officials said a member of the New York Yankees’ organization was aboard the plane. The Associated Press and NBC News identified that person as Lidle. Lidel's passport was reportedly found on the street below the crash site. Huh, a passport found on the street below. Haven't I heard that somewhere before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 What did you want them to do?Shoot it down so it landed on 52nd street instead? 802016[/snapback] So in other words had it been possible to shoot down the two planes on 9/11, that would have been a bad thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 So in other words had it been possible to shoot down the two planes on 9/11, that would have been a bad thing? 802114[/snapback] Just so we're clear..... "in other words" = your words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I doubt this means anything but I spoke with my mom this afternoon when I heard. She is a big Yankee fan. She said Lidle gave a very strange, almost incoherent at times, interview on Mike and the Mad Dog yesterday or the day before. She said Lidle was not really answering their questions and seemed strange and ended up hanging up on them. The hosts of the show didn't know what to make of the whole episode. I didn't hear it and I'm not sure it relates, but it does seem odd. I will say not having heard it that maybe it was on M&MD. I've heard them antagonize people before. I remember Bill Polian hanging up on them and they proceeded to call his beahavior bizzare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 No, you fly up along next to them and look in the windows, and if they're wearing Czech uniforms you request that they land at the nearest airfield... [/Gary Hart] 802024[/snapback] But the pilot wasn't a Czech. He was a Yankee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 ... Lidle gave a very strange, almost incoherent at times, interview on Mike and the Mad Dog yesterday or the day before. 802159[/snapback] WFAN on the front page (for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 WFAN on the front page (for now) 802182[/snapback] The last 5 minutes of that are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 The last 5 minutes of that are weird. 802189[/snapback] Thanks for the link GG. I just listened and didn't really get too much out of it in terms of "bizarre". It was basically the same interviewing style they had with Polian after the Colts playoff loss: "Bill, can't you admit that Manning sucks under pressure" "How can you say he doesn't suck" "But basically, he sucks, right?" To me it just seemed like Lidle said something he shouldn't, albeit a single sentence in what was probably a long interview, and these guys were making a federal case out of it. I didn't get a read of some underlying problem with Lidle's psyche based on that phone call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 It was Bill Clinton's fault, he's the root of all that goes wrong in the world! Oops, sorry for jumping on your line conservatives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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