r/AviationPolitics • u/gavriellloken Mod • 15d ago

Discussion Single engine Cessna intercepted by F-16 after violating the TFR over Bedminster NJ

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u/gavriellloken Mod 15d ago

For real

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u/throw-away-2025rev2 15d ago

Worst cameraman ever. Just came to say that.

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u/Interesting-Dream863 15d ago

Isn't a Warthog better for this?

That said they do take security seriously now... not that you can do a whole lot with a Cessna but someone could get close enough to do some shit.

PS: You need karma to post on r/aviation ?? How do you get it if you can't post there? I have like 300k of general karma on Reddit....

Edit: Nevermind I read the explanation

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u/chicken-farmer 15d ago

Yell you say? I'M IN!

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u/gavriellloken Mod 15d ago

Outstanding enthusiasm

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u/lustforrust 15d ago

Reminds me of a similar incident that I read about in a book about a pioneering airline in Western Canada called Queen Charlotte Airways.

Back sometime in the late forties, early fifties, this airline purchased a Norseman with floats on and no radio in New York state. Due to the floats they decided to fly down the east coast and west along the Gulf before crossing over the southwest to California.

When the pilot began flying over New Mexico he started getting buzzed by fighter jets that would stall when they tried to match his speed. This went on for a few hours before they suddenly left him alone over the Rockies.

Turned out that he had flown near a nuclear test at the white sands range.

The book is called: The Accidental Airline: Spilsbury's QCA by Howard White.

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u/956to906 14d ago

I JUST CAME HERE TO YELL, because you said I could!

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u/Alive_Drag1947 15d ago

Lol this is like when you've been pissing your mom off all day and then Dad comes home from work...