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Yeas ago one of the companies we worked with a often, had an old time very experienced pilot that had flown aerial photo mapping missions for over 50 years. He missed a temporary flight restriction when President Bush was in Air Force one. He clipped the corner of the TFR and jets were scrambled.
He was in a Cessna 206. He saw the first F-16 as it blasted past. He going into a head wind and had a ground speed of about 80 knots speed and watched as they would scream past in a blur. They finally got his tail number and asked where he was going. He said he was about to land at his home airport and they were on the ground waiting for him.
He explained he made a mistake, and he only clipped the corner of the area going away from the POTUS. In the end he got away with just a bunch of FAA scrutiny and he had so much experience they admitted a TFR that just pops up because the president wants to go somewhere different is pretty easy to miss. So no big deal that time.
One other time he was flying some islands off the coast of Texas and Louisiana and got a little too far out of the country, and the coastal defense thought he was trying to sneak into the country. Once again he had fighters scream past him. He had a full flight plan, and his route so they said he was fine.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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